Franco Trincavelli

Trincavelli Franco ( born June 7, 1935 in Abbadia Lariana, † November 10, 1983 ) was an Italian rower who won two Olympic medals.

At the helm European Championships 1956 in Bled occupied Trincavelli Franco, Angelo Vanzin, Romano Sgheiz, Alberto Winkler and helmsman Ivo Stefanoni third place in the four with coxswain behind the boats from Finland and the Soviet Union. The Soviet quad retired from the 1956 Olympic Games in the semifinals. The five Italians were victorious in the final three seconds ahead of the Swedes and the Finnish European masters.

1957 changed the entire four in the eighth and won at the European Championships in Duisburg.

For the 1960 Olympics, some Olympic champion of 1956 returned with the foursome of the third place in the cast Sgheiz Romano, Franco Trincavelli, Fulvio Balatti, Giovanni Zucchi and Ivo Stefanoni behind the boats from Germany and France.