| Tripolino Giannini | |
 Giannini at the age of 108 | |
| Birth: | 20 August 1912 Cecina, Tuscany, Italy |
| Death: | 31 December 2023 Cecina, Tuscany, Italy |
| Age: | 111 years, 133 days |
| Country: |  ITA
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| Validated | |
Tripolino Giannini (20 August 1912 – 31 December 2023) was an Italian supercentenarian who was the oldest known living man in Italy at the time of his death. His age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
Biography[]
Tripolino Giannini was born in Cecina, Tuscany, Italy on 20 August 1912, to Raffaello "Fello" Giannini and his wife Amina. His name, Tripolino, was chosen in honor of the Libyan capital Tripoli, which at the time had just been conquered by the Italians.
In 1929, at the age of 17, he participated in the first race of the Targa Cecina, finishing fourth. Giannini has always been a lover of sports, and he was also a runner and football coach.
In the 1930s he married a woman named Tosca (born in 1912), with whom he had two children: Romano (aged 88 in 2023) and Sergio (died 2004).
From 1939 to 1943 he fought in the Second World War in the Bersaglieri Corps, taking part in the Albanian campaign. When Italy signed the armistice on 8 September 1943, Giannini was in France and was forced to return to Cecina on foot, taking three months. Given the situation in Italy (divided between the Allies and the Nazis), he hid in the countryside and once the war was over he returned to work on the family farm, growing vegetables that they would later resell. He then ran a fruit and vegetable shop in the town centre.
On the night of 11 July 1982, during the final of the soccer World Cup (won by Italy), Giannini's wife died, due to her poor health. Here Giannini opened up and told his son about his life for the first time.
During his centenarian years, Giannini was in good health. He continued to drive until he was 102, after which he went out every day to go to the bar with friends. He was also still able to remember all the multiplication tables.
On 18 April 2021, at the age of 108, he received his second dose of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, making him one of the oldest people to receive the vaccine. As of August 2021, he had five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
In August 2022, he celebrated his 110th birthday and became a supercentenarian. At the age of 111, he was still able to walk and was in good health.
Tripolino Giannini died at 9.30 a.m. on 31 December 2023, at the age of 111 years, 133 days, after a few days of not being well.
Longevity records[]
Tripolino Giannini became the oldest known living man in Italy, following the death of 109-year-old Giuseppe Venturi on 26 November 2021.
He became the oldest known living Italian-born man, following the death of 112-year-old Delio Venturotti of Brazil on 1 June 2022.
On 11 July 2022, at the age of 109 years, 325 days, Giannini surpassed the age of Otello Pomponi, becoming the oldest man ever in the region of Tuscany.
Giannini became the last living Italian man born in 1912, following the death of Salvatore Nardi, aged 111 years, 19 days, on 2 November 2023.
Giannini died on 31 December 2023, the same day that Tuscany’s male vice-dean, Radino Innocenti (born on 9 November 1915), also died. The title of oldest living man in Tuscany went to Elino Vallini (14 October 1916 - 4 January 2024). While Michele Cicora become the oldest living man in Italy.
At the time of his death, Giannini was the second-oldest known living person in Tuscany, behind Cristina Paloscia, and the third-oldest known man in Europe, behind Georges Thomas and Andre Ludwig. He was among the top 10 oldest known living men in the world, and the oldest man ever from Tuscany.
His age was validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) on 4 February 2024.
Gallery[]
References[]
- 2024 validations Gerontology Research Group
- Tripolino Giannini LongeviQuest
- Il nonno Tripoli e la corsa del 1929 «Quanta fatica...» Il Tirreno, 9 September 2011
- I 106 anni di Tripolino Giannini il più anziano bersagliere d’Italia Il Tirreno, 21 August 2018
- 108 anni bersagliereschi… oltre ogni limite! Associazione Nazionale Bersaglieri, 21 August 2020
- Ha 109 anni e vive a Cecina: è il vaccinato più anziano della Toscana Il Telegrafo, 17 April 2021
- Nonno Tripoli compie 109 anni e per lui arriva l’omino di ferro Il Tirreno, 22 August 2021
- Cecina, festa grande per Tripoli Giannini: compie 110 anni ed è l'uomo più vecchio d'Italia LivornoToday, 20 August 2022
- Tripolino, bersagliere di 111 anni «Tornai dalla Francia a piedi. E oggi dico ancora le tabelline» Corriere della Sera, 22 August 2023
- Si è spento a 111 anni il decano d’Italia. Il figlio: "Mi ero illuso che fosse immortale" Quotidiano Nazionale, 2 January 2024
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Battista Beghelli • Giuseppe Jussig • Francesco Paba • Francesco Soldati Gabbini • Vincenzo Pintorno • Unknown • Leonardo Tamasi • Ulrico Miani • Beniamino Vitone • Pasquale Capella • Giuseppe Arena • Luigi Saba • Francesco Carlino • Giuseppe De Bonis • Cesare Di Claudio • Paolo Gioletta • Giovanni Ferzini • Antonio Giacchetti • Giuseppe Varagona • Domenico Minervino • Constanzo Tizzano • Saverio Russo • Filippo Mogavero • Adelmo Meoni • Giuseppe Pinna • Valentino Stella • Antonio Baldo • Antonio Todde • Giovanni Frau • Pasquale Frasconi • Carlo Orelli • Carmine Alfano • Luigi Rava • Dante Gavagnin • Italo Sarrocco • Delfino Borroni • Carlo Dozzi • Giovanni Ligato • Giuseppe Mirabella • Arturo Licata • Salvatore Caruso • Valerio Piroddi • Andrea Lattari • Lorenzo Berzero • Luigi Tomasi • Salvatore Cavallo • Giovanni Quarisa • Giovanni La Penna • Antonino Turturici • Gaudenzio Nobili • Giuseppe Venturi • Tripolino Giannini • Michele Cicora • Vitantonio Lovallo |