Giacomo DI SEGNI

A member of the Jewish community of Roma, Giacomo Di Segni competed at two Olympic Games (1948 and 1952), and in two different divisions. In both years, he was eliminated in the quarter-finals. At Helsinki in 1952, he lost to the eventual champion Ed Sanders (USA) in the heavyweight division. Di Segni had won the heavyweight gold medal at both the 1951 European Championships and Mediterranean Games.