Angelo Polledri
Birth date18 January 1904
Birth placePiacenza, Italy
Death date18 July 1997 (aged 93)
Death placeLodi, Lombardy, Italy
Weight50 kg[1]
SportRowing
ClubSC Vittorino da Feltre, Piacenza

Angelo Polledri (18 January 1904 – 18 July 1997) was an Italian coxswain.

Polledri was born in Piacenza in 1904.[1] At the 1927 European Rowing Championships, he won gold with the men's eight.[2] The same team competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam where they were eliminated in the quarter-final.[3][4] Polledri was the last survivor of the team and died on 18 July 1997.[1]

References

  1. ^ Burinato, Walter (11 July 2012). "Polledri, il "maestro" del canottaggio che diede lustro alla Canottieri Adda" [Polledri, the "master" of rowing who gave prestige to Canottieri Adda] (in Italian). Il Cittadino. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  2. ^ Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Achter)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Angelo Polledri". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Angelo Polledri". Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2018.