Luigi De Manincor

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameLuigi•De Manincor
Used nameLuigi•De Manincor
Born14 July 1910 in Trieste, Trieste (ITA)
Died13 February 1986 in Varazze, Savona (ITA)
AffiliationsYacht Club Italiano, Genova (ITA)
NOC Italy
Medals OG
Gold 1
Silver 0
Bronze 0
Total 1

Biography

Luigi de Manincor started sailing very young with the Yacht Club Adriatico. At age 15, he competed in his first international competition with the Italian national team, in the regatta on Lake Balaton.

De Manincor was a crewmember on the Italia at the 1936 Olympics. The final result was uncertain since in the fifth race there were a series of protests, and the final decision was only reached after the end of all races, thanks to the Official Film by the German director Leni Riefenstahl, which resolved the issue. The win at the Berlin Olympics remains unique, as an Italian crew won with a boat designed and built in Italy. Italia can still be seen sailing in the Gulf of Napoli where it is moored at Molosiglio in the nautical base of the Naval League.

In 1948, De Manincor took second place in the Italian Star Class Championships paired with the Olympian Tito Nordio. In the same season, at the London Olympics, he placed fifth in Dragon Class aboard Ausonia. He won five Italian titles in the 6-metre class but retired from competitive activity in 1950, after a fourth place at the World Championships in Chicago in the Star Class. Next to his grave, in Rovinj of Istria, there is a commemorative plaque to Silvano Abba, his fellow citizen and bronze medalist at the 1936 Berlin Games in modern pentathlon.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1936 Summer Olympics Sailing ITA Luigi De Manincor
8 metres, Open (Olympic) Italia 1 Gold
1948 Summer Olympics Sailing ITA Luigi De Manincor
Three Person Keelboat, Open (Olympic) Ausonia 5

Olympic family relations

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