death_place death_date club birth_place sport birth_date image article_title
soresina , italy 5 may 1997 -lrb- aged 87 -rrb- pro patria milano soresina , italy artistic gymnastics 21 july 1909 egidio armelloni.jpg egidio armelloni

egidio armelloni

egidio `` fofò '' armelloni -lrb- 21 july 1909 -- 5 may 1997 -rrb- was an italian gymnast .
he at the 1936 and 1948 olympics and finished in fifth place with the italian team .
his best individual result was 11th place on the pommel horse in 1936 .
in 1929 armelloni joined the military .
next year he was arrested for alleged communist propaganda activities among the military and in industrial plants .
he was sentenced to two years in november 1931 and released on 28 october 1932 by an amnesty .
as a result , he missed the 1932 olympics while being a member of the national gymnastics team .
upon release he was asked to sign a letter denying his activities .
he refused , and thus was also removed from the 1936 olympic team .
he was reinstated only by interference of giorgio vaccaro , secretary-general of italian olympic committee .
after retiring from competitions armelloni had a long career as gymnastics coach .
