Ercole Cattaneo

Ercole Cattaneo
Ercole and his wife Anna Cattaneo
Personal information
Born(1906-12-03)3 December 1906
Milan, Italy
Died26 July 1978(1978-07-26) (aged 71)
Figure skating career
CountryItaly Italy
DisciplineSingle skating
Pair skating
PartnerAnna Cattaneo
Medal record
Italian Championships
Gold medal – first place 1936 Madonna di Campiglio Singles
Gold medal – first place 1936 Madonna di Campiglio Pairs
Gold medal – first place 1938 Milan Singles
Gold medal – first place 1938 Milan Pairs
Gold medal – first place 1939 Milan Singles
Gold medal – first place 1939 Milan Pairs
Gold medal – first place 1940 Milan Singles
Gold medal – first place 1940 Milan Pairs
Silver medal – second place 1935 Cortina d'Ampezzo Singles

Ercole Cattaneo (3 December 1906 – 26 July 1978) was an Italian figure skater. He competed in the pairs event at the 1936 Winter Olympics.[1]

Competitive highlights

Men's singles

Competition 1935 1936 1938 1939 1940
Italian Championships 2nd[2] 1st[3] 1st[4] 1st[5] 1st[6]

Pair skating (with Anna Cattaneo)

Competition 1936 1938 1939 1940
Italian Championships 1st[3] 1st[7] 1st[8] 1st[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Ercole Cattaneo". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "Le gare di pattinaggio a Cortina" [The skating competitions in Cortina]. Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Vol. XIII. 17 February 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  3. 1 2 Petrucci, Giampiero; Zanetti Lorenzetti, Alberto. "Cattaneo Anna Maria Teresa". Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian). Archived from the original on 7 August 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2026. Poi... si ripete l'anno seguente, l'8 gennaio, ai tricolori di Madonna di Campiglio dove, col marito Ercole, si aggiudica pure il titolo a coppie. I due stravincono, doppiando nel punteggio (80-43) l'altra coppia partecipante, Paola ed Albino Seppi. [Then... the feat was repeated the following year, on January 8, at the Italian Championships in Madonna di Campiglio, where she and her husband Ercole also claimed the pairs title. They won decisively, doubling the score (80–43) of the only other competing pair, Paola and Albino Seppi.]
  4. ↑ "Anna ed Ercole Cattaneo campioni italiani di pattinaggio" [Anna and Ercole Cattaneo Italian skating champions]. Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Vol. XVI. 4 February 1938. p. 4. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  5. ↑ "Grosa sorpresa nel campionato delle "azzurre"" [Big surprise at the senior championships]. Il Littoriale (in Italian). Vol. XIII, no. 30. 4 February 2026. p. 6. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  6. 1 2 "I campionati italiani di pattinaggio artistico" [Italian figure skating championships]. Il Littoriale (in Italian). Vol. XIV, no. 38. 13 February 1940. p. 2. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  7. ↑ "I campioni del pattinaggio artistico" [Figure skating champions]. Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Vol. XVI. 5 February 1938. p. 4. Archived from the original on 26 May 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2025.
  8. ↑ "I coniugi Cattaneo campioni di coppia" [The Cattaneos pairs champions]. Il Littoriale (in Italian). Vol. XIII, no. 31. 6 February 1939. p. 6. Archived from the original on 23 January 2025. Retrieved 4 March 2026.


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