Mario Zorzi

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameMario•Zorzi
Used nameMario•Zorzi
Born23 July 1910 in Mattarello, Trento, Trento (ITA)
Died17 February 1944 in Frascati, Roma (ITA)
Measurements167 cm
NOC Italy

Biography

Mario Zorzi was an Italian sport shooter born in 1910 in Mattarello, a suburb of Trento. At age 22 he competed at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics in the prone small-bore rifle, finishing fourth, just missing a bronze medal. Four years later he also took part at the Berlin Games, in the same event, placing eighth.

Zorzi was a member of the Carabinieri corps, but while going to a group of partisans to supply and inform them during the liberation war, he died at age 33 in a bombing raid in Frascati, near Roma, in February 1944. In 2013 the gym of Mattarello, where he was born, was named in his honor.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1932 Summer Olympics Shooting ITA Mario Zorzi
Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres, Men (Olympic) 4
1936 Summer Olympics Shooting ITA Mario Zorzi
Small-Bore Rifle, Prone, 50 metres, Men (Olympic) =8

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