Ercole Gallegati ( Italian: Ercole Gallegati ; November 21, 1911 , Faenza , Italy - August 19, 1990 , Castell San Pietro Terme , Italy ) - Italian Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestler, two-time bronze medalist Olympic Games, bronze medalist of the European Championship, 31-time champion of Italy (1931-1943, 1946, 1948, 1950-1952, 1954, 1956 in Greco-Roman wrestling, 1931-1933, 1936-1941, 1947, 1948 in freestyle wrestling) [1] [2]
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Biography
He began to engage in wrestling in 1928, and already in 1931 became the champion of Italy.
At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, he fought in the weight category up to 72 kilograms (welterweight). According to the tournament regulations, the wrestler received penalties in fights. The athlete who scored 5 penalty points dropped out of the tournament. In the welterweight, 8 wrestlers fought.
Gallegati won only one meeting out of three, which was enough for the bronze medal, because the rest of the competitors had dropped out earlier.
| Performance at the 1932 Olympics | ||||||
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| A circle | Rival | A country | Result | Points | Total points | Scrum time |
| one | Oswald Kapp | Defeat On points | -3 | -3 | ||
| 2 | Sweetie Yoshida | Victory Touche | 0 | -3 | 1:05 | |
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| four | Vaino Kayander | Defeat Touche | ||||
In 1933 he was the sixth at the European Championship, in 1934 he became the bronze medalist of the European Championship and then moved to middleweight.
At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, he fought in competitions in both Greco-Roman wrestling and freestyle wrestling. Tournaments were held according to the previous rules with the accrual of penalty points. Ercole Gallegati performed in both forms in middleweight.
In the Greco-Roman wrestling in the first three meetings Ercole Gallegati won, including the future champion of the games Väinö Kokkinen . However, each point victory brought him a penalty point. One defeat, which added three penalty points, led to the elimination of Gallegati from the tournament with a final sixth place.
| Performance at the 1936 Olympics (GR) | ||||||
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| A circle | Rival | A country | Result | Points | Total points | Scrum time |
| one | Hans Frederiksen | Victory On points | 3-0 -one | -one | ||
| 2 | Waldemar Myagi | Victory On points | 3-0 -one | -2 | ||
| 3 | Vaino Kokkinen | Victory On points | 2-1 -one | -3 | ||
| four | Ludwig Schweikert | Defeat On points | 0-3 -3 | -6 | ||
Ercole Gallegati won in the freestyle wrestling in the first two meetings, and in the third he was defeated by future champion of the games Akhmet Kirechchi . Two point wins and a loss brought five penalty points and Gallegati dropped out of the tournament.
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| A circle | Rival | A country | Result | Points | Total points | Scrum time |
| one | Ludwig Lindblom | Victory On points | 2-1 -one | -one | ||
| 2 | Hans Shedler | Victory On points | 3-0 -one | -2 | ||
| 3 | Ahmet Kirechchi | Defeat On points | 0-3 -3 | -five | ||
At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, he fought in middleweight, where 13 wrestlers challenged the title. The tournament was held according to the previous rules with the accrual of penalty points.
Ercole Gallegati, having suffered one defeat, in the fourth round dropped out of the further tournament, with five penalty points taking third place.
| Performance at the 1948 Olympics | ||||||
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| A circle | Rival | A country | Result | Points | Total points | Scrum time |
| one | Alberto Bolzi | Victory Touche | 0 | 0 | 3:18 | |
| 2 | Anton Vogel | Victory On points | 3-0 -one | -one | ||
| 3 | Gyula Nemety | Defeat Touche | -3 | -four | 19:51 | |
| four | Kaare Larsen | Victory On points | 3-0 -one | -five | ||
At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki at the age of 40, he fought in middleweight, where 11 fighters contested the title. The tournament was held according to the previous rules with the accrual of penalty points.
Ercole Gallegati, having suffered two defeats in three meetings, dropped out of the further tournament, finishing in sixth place.
| Performance at the 1952 Olympics | ||||||
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| A circle | Rival | A country | Result | Points | Total points | Scrum time |
| one | Gustav Gocke | Defeat On points | 1-2 -3 | -3 | ||
| 2 | Emil Courtois | Victory Touche | 0 | -3 | 6:56 am | |
| 3 | Axel Grönberg | Defeat On points | -3 | -6 | ||
In the post-war period, he was already engaged in a coaching career, as well as a political one, he was elected a member of the Faenza city council.
He died in 1990.
Notes
Links
- Ercole Gallegati - Olympic statistics at Sports-Reference.com
- Ercole Gallegati - profile on the International Wrestling Database website