Nicolò Rode
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| Born |
January 1, 1912 Lussin Piccolo, Austria-Hungary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
May 4, 1998 (aged 86) Verona, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Class(es) | Star | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nicolò "Nico" Rode (1 January 1912 – 4 May 1998) was an Italian sailor and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki and won a gold medal in the Star class with skipper Agostino Straulino on Merope.[1] He received a silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, also with Straulino.
Biography
Like Straulino, Rode was born in Mali Lošinj on the island of Lošinj, Croatia (at that time in the Austrian part of Austria-Hungary).
References
- ↑ "Nicolò "Nico" Rode". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 12 March 2015.