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Italian sprinter (1929–2013)

Gianni Rocca (13 June 1929 – 11 August 2013) was an Italian sprinter (400 m) and the Italian flag bearer at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Rocca was born in Milan. He participated, with the Italy national relay team, in the 4 x 400 metres at two editions of the Summer Olympics (1948 and 1952).

"Le cerimonie olimpiche" (in Italian). Treccani web site. Retrieved 21 October 2012.

Summer Olympics
Preceded byGiulio Gaudini	Flag bearer for Italy 1948 London	Succeeded byMiranda Cicognani

v t e 1948 Italy Olympic Athletics Team
Men's track & road athletes	Valentino Bertolini Gianni Corsaro Salvatore Cascino Salvatore Costantino Pino Dordoni Ottavio Missoni Carlo Monti Luigi Paterlini Enrico Perucconi Francesco Pretti Gianni Rocca Antonio Siddi Michele Tito
Men's field athletes	Adolfo Consolini Giorgio Oberweger Teseo Taddia Giuseppe Tosi
Women's track & road athletes	Mirella Avalle Anna Maria Cantù Marcella Jeandeau Liliana Tagliaferri
Women's field athletes	Edera Cordiale Gabre Gabric Amelia Piccinini Silvana Pierucci

v t e 1952 Italy Olympic Athletics Team
Men's track & road athletes	Telemaco Arcangeli Artidoro Berti Asfò Bussotti Salvatore Cascino Pino Dordoni Bruno Fait Armando Filiput Luigi Grossi Giuseppe Kressevich Franco Leccese Vincenzo Lombardo Egilberto Martufi Wolfgango Montanari Baldassare Porto Gianni Rocca Lucio Sangermano Antonio Siddi Giorgio Sobrero Carlo Vittori
Men's field athletes	Adolfo Consolini Avio Lucioli Amos Matteucci Angiolo Profeti Teseo Taddia Giuseppe Tosi
Women's track & road athletes	Vittoria Cesarini Milena Greppi Giuseppina Leone Vera Martelli Maria Musso Liliana Tagliaferri
Women's field athletes	Edera Cordiale Ada Turci