Enrico Bruna

Enrico Bruna (11 November 1880 – 7 February 1921) was an Italian rower.[1]

Enrico Bruna

Personal information
Born	(1880-11-11)11 November 1880 Venice, Italy
Died	7 February 1921(1921-02-07) (aged 40) Venice, Italy
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Club	Bucintoro Venezia
Medal record Men's rowing Representing  Italy Intercalated Games 1906 Athens Coxed pair (1000 m) 1906 Athens Coxed pair (1 mile) 1906 Athens Coxed four European Rowing Championships 1910 Ostend Single scull 1910 Ostend Double scull 1910 Ostend Eight 1911 Como Coxed pair Inter-Allied Games 1919 Paris Coxed four

Bruna was born in 1880 in Venice. He competed at the 1906 Intercalated Games (also known as the 1906 Olympic Games) in Athens where he won three rowing gold medals: in the coxed pair event over 1 km, in the same boat class over 1 mile, and in the coxed four.[2]

After WWI, he competed in the men's coxed four at the Inter-Allied Games outside Paris and won gold. He died two years later in Venice aged 40.[2]

References

1. "Enrico Bruna". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Enrico Bruna". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.