Adolfo Consolini

Italian athletics champion Adolfo Consolini won a gold medal in 1948 London Olympics (in the picture above), a silver medal in 1952 Helsinki Olympics and 3 gold medals in European athletics Championships (1946, 1950, 1954). He was World recordman of discus throw in 1941, in 1946 and in 1948.
Adolfo Consolini is considered among the all-time best athletics champions in the world.
Adolfo Consolini is considered among the all-time best athletics champions in the world.

1946 European athletics Champioships. Medaled for men's discus throw competition: Adolfo Consolini, gold (centre); Italian athletics champion Giuseppe Tosi, silver (right); Finnish athletics champion Veikko Nyquist, bronze (left).

Cover of popular Italian weekly magazine La Domenica del Corriere for the opening of the 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Olympics: Adolfo Consolini was the first torch-bearer, starting from the Campidoglio in Rome (5th February 1956).
La Domenica del Corriere was the weekly magazine of the eminent Milan's newspaper Corriere della Sera in those years.
La Domenica del Corriere was the weekly magazine of the eminent Milan's newspaper Corriere della Sera in those years.

Cover of the popular Italian weekly magazine La Domanica del Corriere for the opening of the 1956 Melbourne Olympics: for Adolfo Consolini it was his third Olympics (25th November 1956).

Cover of popular Italian weekly magazine La Domenica del Corriere for the opening of the 1960 Rome Olympics (28th August 1960).

Cover of popular Italian weekly magazine La Domenica del Corriere for the closing of the 1960 Rome Olympics on 11th September 1960 (18th September 1960). In the picture: Adolfo Consolini was included among the most representative Italian athlets of the Rome Olympics, although he didn't win any medal (the second from the right in the top row).
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Adolfo Consolini
Adolfo Consolini's Legacy
Olympics
London 1948, gold; Helsinki 1952, silver;
Europen Championships
Oslo 1946, gold; Brussels 1950, gold; Berna 1954, gold;
World recordman of discus throw in 1941
(mt. 53,34), 1946 (mt. 54,23), 1948 (mt. 55,33).
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