Gérard Battaglia
{{Short description|Monegasque sailor (1937–2015)}}
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{{MedalCompetition|Mediterranean Games}}
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Gérard Battaglia (26 March 1937 – 2 March 2015) was a former sailor who represented Monaco at two Olympic Games in sailing.
Career
Alongside Jean-Pierre Crovetto and Jules Soccal Battaglia finished 23rd in the Dragon class at the 1960 Olympic Games.{{cite web |title=Sailing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games: Mixed Three Person Keelboat |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1960/SAI/mixed-three-person-keelboat.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417190242/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1960/SAI/mixed-three-person-keelboat.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |website=sports-reference.com |accessdate=29 September 2019}} He won a bronze medal with Crovetto at the 1963 Mediterranean Games.{{cite web |title=Les Monégasques en lice aux Jeux méditerranéens |url=https://theworldnews.net/mc-news/les-monegasques-en-lice-aux-jeux-mediterraneens |website=theworldnews.net |accessdate=29 September 2019}} In the 1976 Olympic Games he finished 23rd in the soling class with Borro and Claude Rossi.
Personal life
His son Philippe and nephew René Battaglia both competed for Monaco in the Olympics.{{cite web |last1=Boursicot |first1=Jimmy |title=Philippe et René Battaglia, une affaire de famille |url=http://www.codesport.fr/actualites/olympisme/article/philippe-et-rene-battaglia-une-affaire-de-famille#.XZEjx2-Z3IW |website=codesport.fr |accessdate=29 September 2019}}
He later became president of the Monegasque Sailing Federation and an Officer of the Order of Saint-Charles.{{cite web |title=Ordonnance Souveraine n° 13.800 du 18 novembre 1998 portant promotions ou nominations dans l'Ordre de Saint-Charles |url=https://journaldemonaco.gouv.mc/en/Journaux/1998/Journal-7366/Ordonnance-Souveraine-n-13.800-du-18-novembre-1998-portant-promotions-ou-nominations-dans-l-Ordre-de-Saint-Charles |website=journaldemonaco.gouv.mc |accessdate=29 September 2019}}
References
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Category:Olympic sailors for Monaco
Category:Sailors at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Dragon
Category:Sailors at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Soling
Category:Competitors at the 1963 Mediterranean Games
Category:Officers of the Order of Saint-Charles
Category:Monegasque male sailors (sport)
Category:Mediterranean Games competitors for Monaco
Category:Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Monaco
Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in sailing
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