Nicolò Rode Explained

Nicolò Rode
Classes:Star
Birth Date:1912 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Lussin Piccolo, Austria-Hungary
Death Place:Verona, Italy

Nicolò "Nico" Rode (1 January 1912 – 4 May 1998) was an Italian sailor. He competed at the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Olympics in the Star class with skipper Agostino Straulino on Merope. They won a gold medal in 1952 and a silver in 1956 and finished fifth in 1948.[1]

Like Straulino, Rode was born in Mali Lošinj on the island of Lošinj, Croatia (at that time in the Austrian part of Austria-Hungary).[1]

Notes and References

  1. Nicolò "Nico" Rode . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418013041/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/nico-rode-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 12 March 2015.