He was expelled from the Pool Comense sports society in 1903 for indiscipline — which is how he ended up at Canottieri Lario, the club that made him a champion.
Sport
Giuseppe Sinigaglia
First Italian to win the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley (1914); died on the Isonzo front in 1916. Como’s stadium bears his name.
Giuseppe Sinigaglia was a rower from Como and the city’s most decorated athlete of the early 20th century. Rowing for Canottieri Lario, he collected eight European championship medals (1906–1913), and on 4 July 1914 became the first Italian to win the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta. When World War I broke out he volunteered for the Granatieri di Sardegna, was promoted to lieutenant, and died on 10 August 1916 of wounds received while leading an assault on Hill 4 of Monte San Michele on the Isonzo front. He was posthumously awarded the Silver Medal of Military Valor. In 1927 Como named its new lakeside stadium after him.
Worth knowing
His Henley victory on 4 July 1914 came exactly one month before World War I began.
He was fatally wounded while standing exposed on a parapet, reorganizing his men during the assault on Monte San Michele; he died in hospital the next day.
The stadium bearing his name opened in July 1927, timed to the centenary of Alessandro Volta’s death.
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Commemorated here
Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia
Главный стадион города назван его именем в 1927 году, к столетию Вольты.
Performed here
Canottieri Lario Clubhouse
Гребец Canottieri Lario с 1903 года — пришёл в клуб после исключения из Pool Comense за недисциплинированность.
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