Franco Menichelli

Franco Menichelli ( born August 3, 1941 in Rome ) is an Italian former gymnast. The Olympic champion from 1964 was one of the few gymnasts who could keep up in the 1960s with the Soviet and Japanese athletes.

Career

Menichelli coached from 1958 under the Swiss Olympic champion Jack Günthard. At age 19, he took part in his home city of Rome at the Olympic Games in 1960. He won two bronze medals: on the ground and with the team. At the European Championships 1961, he won the floor exercise. 1962 at the gymnastics world championships, he was at the bottom of third parties. At the European Championships in 1963, he defended his title at the bottom.

In Tokyo, at the 1964 Olympic Games, he won gold at the bottom, silver on rings and bronze on bars. In December 1965, in Varese Menichelli won for the fourth time the Italian championship titles in the all around. At the European Championships in 1965, he won the twelve- fight, on the high bar and rings; on the ground, he became the third consecutive European Champion. In 1967 he won silver at the bottom again. At the 1968 Olympics he was unable to participate due to injury.

Menichelli entered the first floor of Turner in shorts, to have more freedom of movement. After his career, he finished his university studies in sport. He was coach of the Italian national team in 1972. In 2003, he was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.

His brother Giampaolo Menichelli (* 1938) was a professional football player at AS Roma and Juventus, and took in 1962 with Italy at the football World Cup in Chile in part.

Placements

  • Summer Olympic Games in Rome in 1960 # 10 in twelve fight
  • 3rd place at the bottom
  • 3rd place with the team
  • European Championship 1961 in Luxembourg Place one on the ground
  • 2nd place in the horse jump behind Giovanni Carminucci
  • 3rd place on bars
  • 1962 FIFA World Cup in Prague 3rd place at the bottom
  • European Championship 1963 in Belgrade Place one on the ground
  • 3rd place on bars
  • Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 1964 5th place in the Twelve battle
  • Place one on the ground
  • Place 2 on the rings behind Takuji Hayata
  • 3rd place on bars
  • 4th place with the team
  • European Championships 1965 in Antwerp 1st place in the Twelve battle
  • Place one on the ground
  • Place one on the rings
  • Place 1 on the horizontal bar
  • 2nd place at the bars behind Miroslav Cerar
  • World Cup 1966 in Dortmund 3rd place at the bottom
  • 3rd place on the rings
  • European Championship 1967 in Tampere 3rd place in the twelve- fight
  • 2nd place at the ground behind Lasse Laine
  • 2nd place at the bars behind Mikhail Voronin
  • 3rd place on high bar
1960 Summer Olympics 1964 Summer Olympics Georges Miez Ferenc Pataki Valentin Muratov Li Ning Li Xiaoshuang Kyle Shewfelt
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