Lavinia Gianani was a member of the very young Italian team that won the silver medal in the gymnastics team event at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics. She and her teammates were trained locally in their native city of Pavia by the physical education professor Gino Grevi, who enthusiastically accepted the idea of forming a gymnastic team, despite few resources, and recruited the best students of the city’s schools. The group, called Piccole Ginnaste Pavesi, was on their first trip abroad. They received the congratulations of the Dutch Queen and the town Pavia greeted them joyfully on their return. In Roma they were received personally by Benito Mussolini.
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