Pietro Lombardi

Pietro Lombardi ( born June 4, 1922 in Bari, † October 5, 2011 in Bari ) was an Italian former wrestler. His greatest achievement was the victory at the 1948 Olympic Games in London in the flyweight ( Greco- Roman).

Career

Pietro Lombardi was one of five brothers from the southern Italian Bari. In 1938 he started with the rings and developed within a few years under the guidance of coach Pietro and Ferdinando Sciannimanico Lapalorcia one of the best Italian wrestler in the Greco-Roman style in the easy classes. On 19 July 1942, he played in Rome against Germany its first international match and won it on Georg Pulheim from Cologne to points.

His debut at an international championship he gave in 1947 at the European Championships in Greco-Roman wrestling in Prague. In the flyweight starting Lombardi won a battle and reached the 7th place. At the 1948 Olympic Games in London you could see another Pietro Lombardi. He won five fights, he had to deny and was Olympic champion. He defeated in this tournament, inter alia, the strong wrestler Kenan Olcay from Turkey and Reino Kangasmäki from Finland, who finished second and third respectively behind him.

In 1949 he succeeded to countries struggles notable victories over Nasuh Akar, Turkey, Maurice Faure, France, Melik Eren, Turkey, Bumberger, Austria and Thevenet, France. 1950 Lombardi started in Stockholm in the first held after World War II World Cup. Meanwhile, he was moved up to the bantamweight. He won four fights, but lost the Turk Halil Kaya and the all surprising Egyptian Mahmoud Ali Hassan, who was world champion and won 3rd place.

At the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki Lombardi won bantamweight initially Hubert Persson from Sweden and Rudolf Tobola from Poland on points, but had to resign after the third round after a defeat against Artyom Terjan from the USSR and landed on the 8th Place.

In qualifying for the World Cup 1953 in Naples Lombardi defeated by Giovanni Cocco on points. Considerable order so it is that he in 1955 at the age of 33 once again failed to qualify for the World Cup in Karlsruhe was. In Karlsruhe, he joined in excellent shape and fought his way to the end of his great career once again a World Cup bronze medal.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, GR = Greco-Roman style, F = Freestyle, Fl = Flyweight, Ba = bantamweight, then 52 kg and 57 kg body weight)

Italian Championships

Pietro Lombardi was italinenischer champion in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1947 at flyweight and 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950 and 1952 bantamweight, also he was Italian champion in free style 1947, 1949 and 1951 bantamweight.