Enrico Porro

Enrico Porro
Personal information
Nationality Italian
Born (1885-01-16)16 January 1885
Lodi Vecchio, Italy
Died 14 March 1967(1967-03-14) (aged 82)
Milan, Italy
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Country  Italy
Sport Wrestling
Event(s) Greco-Roman
Retired 1982

Enrico Porro (16 January 1885 14 March 1967) was an Italian Greco-Roman wrestler of Armenian origin (born Enrico Aldanyan) and Olympic champion.

Biography

Porro competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London where he won the gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, the lightweight class.[1] He also competed at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics.[2]

See also

References

  1. "1908 Summer Olympics London, United Kingdom Wrestling" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 27 August 2008)
  2. "Enrico Porro Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2013-08-30.
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