Enrico Porro
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| Nationality | Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 January 1885 Lodi Vecchio, Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 14 March 1967 (aged 82) Milan, Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Greco-Roman | ||||||||||||||
| Club | G.S. Marina Militare | ||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1949 | ||||||||||||||
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Enrico Porro (Enrico Aldanian, 16 January 1885 – 14 March 1967) was an Italian Greco-Roman wrestler and Olympic champion.[1] He was the first gold medal at the Olympic Games of the Italian military sports body Gruppo Sportivo della Marina Militare (the sport section of the Italian armed force Italian Navy).[2]
Porro competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London where he won the gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling, the lightweight class.[3] He also competed at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics.[4]
