Full name Franco Menichelli Height 1.63 m Retired 1968 | Name Franco Menichelli Home town Rome Role Olympic athlete | |
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Born 3 August 1941 (age 83) ( 1941-08-03 ) Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics Club Associazione Ginnastica Romana Olympic medals Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's floor Similar People Boris Shakhlin, Yuri Titov, Yukio Endo, Shuji Tsurumi, Nobuyuki Aihara | ||
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Franco Menichelli (born 3 August 1941) is a retired Italian gymnast. He competed in all artistic gymnastics events at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics and won one gold, one silver, and three bronze medals. He was most successful in 1964, when he won a gold on the floor, a silver on rings and a bronze on parallel bars. He severely injured an Achilles tendon on landing during the floor exercise at the 1968 Olympics, and retired shortly thereafter. From 1973 to 1979 he coached the national gymnastics team. In 2003 he was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.
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His brother Giampaolo Menichelli was an international football player.
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