Francesco La Macchia

Francesco La Macchia (9 October 1938 – 31 July 2017) was an Italian sprint canoer who won a C-2 1000 m silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome with Aldo Dezi.[2][3][4][5][6] The victory was Italy's first medal in canoeing.[3]

Francesco La Macchia
Personal information
Born9 October 1938
Tonnarella, Messina, Italy
Died31 July 2017(2017-07-31) (aged 78)[1]
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
SportCanoe sprint
Medal record
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place1960 RomeC-2 1000 m

References
  1. Francesco La Macchia's obituary (in Italian)
  2. Francesco La Macchia Archived 6 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Sports-reference.com
  3. E’ morto Francesco La Macchia primo medagliato olimpico della canoa a Roma ‘60 [Francesco La Macchia has died, the first Olympic medalist in canoeing in Rome '60] (in Italian), Coni.it, 2017, retrieved 12 April 2023
  4. La Macchia (in Italian), Sportolimpico, 2023, retrieved 12 April 2023
  5. LA CANOA ITALIANA PIANGE FRANCESCO LA MACCHIA, STORICO ARGENTO A ROMA 1960 [THE ITALIAN CANOE FRANCESCO LA MACCHIA WEEPS, HISTORIC SILVER IN ROME 1960] (in Italian), Federcanoa, 2023, retrieved 12 April 2023
  6. Pierini, Ebe (2017), Addio a Francesco La Macchia:primo canoista olimpionico [Farewell to Francesco La Macchia:first Olympic canoeist] (in Italian), Il Mattino, retrieved 12 April 2023


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