What is Francesco La Macchia?
[[File:Francesco La Macchia 1960.jpg|thumb|right|200px|La Macchia in 1960]] '''Francesco La Macchia''' (9 October 1938 &ndash; 31 July 2017) was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[canoe racing|sprint canoer]] who won a C-2 1000 m silver medal at the [[1960 Summer Olympics]] in [[Rome]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/francesco-la-macchia-1.html|title=Francesco La Macchia|website=SR/Olympic Sports|access-date=5 August 2017|archive-date=6 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006194237/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/francesco-la-macchia-1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was born in [[Tonnarella]], [[Messina]]. La Macchia died on 31 July 2017 in Rome at the age of 78.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coni.it/it/news/primo-piano/13764-e%E2%80%99-morto-francesco-la-macchia-primo-medagliato-olimpico-della-canoa-a-roma-%E2%80%9860.html|title=E’ morto Francesco La Macchia primo medagliato olimpico della canoa a Roma ‘60|date=1 August 2017|language=it|website=Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano|access-date=5 August 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:La Macchia, Francesco}} [[Category:1938 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Italian sportspeople]] [[Category:Olympic silver medalists for Italy]] [[Category:Canoeists]] {{sports-bio-stub}}