Venezuela At The 1960 Summer Olympics
Venezuela competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy. 36 competitors, 31 men and 5 women, were seleted by the Comité Olímpio Venezolano to take part in 26 events in 9 sports. The Venezuelan representation was silimar to that of the Helsinki Games that awarded the country first olympic medal but inlcuding for the first time a Venezuelan sailing and weightlifting representation. The sporting shooter Enrico Forcella won the nation's second ever Olympic medal and to date solely Olympic medallist in shooting. Women return after be adsent on the previous game, competeng in fencing like before but also for the first time in swimming.
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