Giuseppe Rivabella

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameGiuseppe•Rivabella
Used nameGiuseppe•Rivabella
Bornin Fubine Monferrato, Alessandria (ITA) (1855 or 1856)
Died24 August 1919 in Capri, Napoli (ITA)
NOC Italy

Biography

Rivabella was an Italian civil engineer, who was based in Athina, in the Plaka District, when he competed in the 1896 shooting events. He worked at Samos Island, where he helped build roads and bridges. On Samos, the locals used to describe a “well-made thing” by calling it a “ripabella.”

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1896 Summer Olympics Shooting ITA Giuseppe Rivabella
Military Rifle, 200 metres, Men (Olympic) AC