Almiro Bergamo was an Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 rower

Rowing (sport)

Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...

 who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics

1936 Summer Olympics

The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain on April 26, 1931, at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona...

. He was with Guido Santin four times italian champion and two times european champion with the coxed pairs (italian 'duecon') rowing.
He was born and dead in Cavallino-Treporti

Cavallino-Treporti

Cavallino-Treporti is a town and comune in the province of Venice, Veneto, northern Italy.The commune occupies a peninsula which divides the Venetian Lagoon from the Adriatic Sea. The river Sile forms the north-eastern boundary with the comune of Jesolo...

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In 1936 he won the silver medal as crew member of the Italian boat in the coxed pairs event.

He was nominated in 1985 Italian Repubblic Knight by Sandro Pertini. Dead on 04 July 1994 watching tv, during Italy vs Nigeria of Usa'94 soccer match.

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