Alberto Braglia Explained

Alberto Braglia
Birth Date:1883 4, df=y
Birth Place:Campogalliano (Modena)
Death Place:Modena, Italy
Discipline:MAG
Club:Società del Panaro Modena Baseball
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Alberto Braglia (23 April 1883 – 5 February 1954) was an Italian gymnast who won three gold medals at the 1908 and 1912 Olympics.[1]

Biography

Braglia started practicing gymnastics in club at age 12. After winning the gold medal at the 1908 Olympics, he suffered a serious shoulder injury while performing in public and fell in a depression due to the death of his 4-year-old son. He recovered by the 1912 Games, where he served as the flag bearer for Italy and won two more gold medals, after which he retired from competitions to perform as an acrobat in circuses. Braglia returned to Olympics 1932 as the coach of Italian gymnastics team.[2]

Braglia died in a Modena medical clinic on 5 February 1954 after suffering a cardiac arrest.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alberto Braglia . Olympedia . 28 February 2021.
  2. Alberto Braglia . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417094719/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/alberto-braglia-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 10 October 2012.
  3. Web site: La Stampa . L'olimpionico Braglia è morto in una clinica . Italian . 6 February 1954.