Gaspare Torretta

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| nationality = Italian

| sport = Athletics

| event = Sprint
Long jump

| club = Mediolanum Milano

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| birth_date = 29 May 1883

| birth_place = Milan, Italy

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100 m: 11.6 (1905)

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Gaspare Torretta (29 May 1883 – 4 July 1910) was an Italian athlete who competed in the 1906 Summer Olympics and in the 1908 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/72159 |title=Gaspare Torretta |work=Olympedia |access-date=5 March 2021}}

Biography

In 1906, Torretta finished 17th in the long jump event. He also participated in the 100 metres competition but was eliminated in the semi-finals. Two years later in the 100 metres event, Torretta took second place in his first round heat with a time of 12.0 seconds. He did not advance to the semifinals. Torretta died in Milan.

Achievements

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Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Performance	Note
rowspan=2\|1908 \| rowspan=2 align=left\|Olympic Games \| rowspan=2 align=left\|{{flagicon\|GBR}} London \| {{tooltip\|heat\|Eliminate in heat}} \| 100 metres \| - \| {{cite web\|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1908/ATH/mens-100-metres.html \|title=Athletics at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's 100 metres \|publisher=sports-reference.com \|accessdate=6 December 2012 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121218165334/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1908/ATH/mens-100-metres.html \|archivedate=18 December 2012 }}

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Year

Competition

Venue

Position

Event

Performance

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rowspan=2|1908

| rowspan=2 align=left|Olympic Games

| rowspan=2 align=left|{{flagicon|GBR}} London

| {{tooltip|heat|Eliminate in heat}}

| 100 metres

| -

| {{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1908/ATH/mens-100-metres.html |title=Athletics at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's 100 metres |publisher=sports-reference.com |accessdate=6 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121218165334/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1908/ATH/mens-100-metres.html |archivedate=18 December 2012 }}

Notes

{{cite book | last = Cook | first = Theodore Andrea | year = 1908 | title = The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report | publisher = British Olympic Association | location = London}}
{{cite web | last = De Wael | first = Herman | year = 2001 | url = http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/ath1908.html | title = Athletics 1908 | work = Herman's Full Olympians | accessdate = 20 July 2006 | archive-date = 27 September 2006 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060927093153/http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/ath1908.html | url-status = dead }}
{{cite web|last=Wudarski |first=Pawel |year=1999 |url=http://olympic.w.interia.pl/ |title=Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich |accessdate=20 July 2006 |language=pl |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216130930/http://olympic.w.interia.pl/ |archivedate=16 February 2009 }}