Giovanni Cantagalli Explained

Giovanni Cantagalli
Nationality:	Italian
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Hammer throw
Club:	ASSI Giglio Rosso
Birth Date:	11 January 1914
Birth Place:	Mantua
Death Place:	Panama
Pb:	Hammer throw: 48.76 (1936).
Country:	Italy

Giovanni Cantagalli (11 January 1914  - 2 September 2008) was an Italian hammer thrower who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Biography

After World War II he emigrated with his wife to Panama where he worked as a neuropsychiatrist. He died in 2008, aged 94.^[2]

National titles

• Italian Athletics Championships^[3]
  • Hammer throw

1935, 1936, 1937, 1938

Notes and References

1. Web site: Italy Athletics at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417051452/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ITA/summer/1936/ATH/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . sports-reference.com . 2 September 2017.
2. Web site: Quando Simonazzi correva in azzurro . gazzettadimantova . it . Laureatosi in medicina, emigrava a Panama. . 2 September 2017.
3. Web site: CAMPIONATI “ASSOLUTI” – UOMINI TUTTI I CAMPIONI – 1906-2016 . sportolimpico.it . 2 September 2017.