From a young age, Bari’s Pino Vitucci alternated his biology studies at the local university, with sports, as he excelled in Greco-Roman style wrestling. Between 1970-85 he was 11 times the Italian champion, and in 1976 competed at the 1976 Montréal Olympics. Vitucci was a leading sporting director of the Angiulli club, until illness claimed his life at the age of 67. His son Nicola, also a wrestler and coach, took over at Angiulli following his father’s death. In his professional career, Pino Vitucci was a highly-respected biologist for decades at the Bari Polyclinic.
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