Gaspare Torretta Explained

Gaspare Torretta
Nationality:	Italian
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Sprint Long jump
Club:	Mediolanum Milano
Birth Date:	29 May 1883
Birth Place:	Milan, Italy
Pb:	100 m: 11.6 (1905)
Country:	Italy

Gaspare Torretta (29 May 1883  - 4 July 1910) was an Italian athlete who competed in the 1906 Summer Olympics and in the 1908 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Biography

In 1906, Torretta finished 17th in the long jump event. He also participated in the 100 metres competition but was eliminated in the semi-finals. Two years later in the 100 metres event, Torretta took second place in his first round heat with a time of 12.0 seconds. He did not advance to the semifinals. Torretta died in Milan.

See also

• Men's high jump Italian record progression
• Italy at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Notes

• Book: Cook, Theodore Andrea . 1908 . The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report . British Olympic Association . London.
• Web site: De Wael . Herman . 2001 . Athletics 1908 . Herman's Full Olympians . 20 July 2006 . 27 September 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060927093153/http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/ath1908.html . dead .
• Web site: Wudarski . Pawel . 1999 . Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich . 20 July 2006 . pl . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090216130930/http://olympic.w.interia.pl/ . 16 February 2009 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gaspare Torretta . Olympedia . 5 March 2021.
2. Web site: Athletics at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's 100 metres . sports-reference.com . 6 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121218165334/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1908/ATH/mens-100-metres.html . 18 December 2012 .