Giorgio Cagnotto

Franco Giorgio Cagnotto ( born June 2, 1947 in Turin ) is an Italian former diver and five -time Olympian.

For the first time Franco Giorgio Cagnotto In 1964 in Tokyo at the Olympic Games. There he finished in 10th place springboard diving, from the tower No. 23 Four years later, he improved in the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City in 5th place in springboard diving and # 8 from the tower. He had his most successful Olympic competition. During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich with silver and bronze in springboard diving from the tower At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, he was able to repeat his success at the art of jumping and won silver again. He won again bronze medal in this discipline at the Olympic Games in Moscow in 1980.

Cagnotto always stood in the shadow of his compatriot Klaus Dibiasi, the successful section at the Olympic Games from 1964 to 1976 when he. In 1981, he finished his career as an art and diver. In 1992 he was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the international swimming sport.

1985 his daughter Tania was born, which is also a successful Italian Diving. Cagnotto lives with his wife Carmen Cast One (also a successful high diver ) in Bolzano.

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