Talk:Austin Cassar-Torreggiani

Is Austin Cassar-Torreggiani the athlete the same as Austin Cassar-Torreggiani the businessman?
According to the 2009 Dictionary of Maltese Biographies, there was an Austin Cassar-Torreggiani who was born on 23/07/1915 and who died on 28/01/1978. He is described as a businessman who was involved in various industries including flour mills, banking, a bacon company, textiles, property and printing, and he also served in the KOMR during World War II. The entry in the book mentions that in 1936, Cassar Torreggiani joined the Cassar Co. Ltd. which owned a flour mill.

Is Austin Cassar Torreggiani the businessman the same person as the athlete who competed in the 1936 Olympics? The date of birth of the athlete given in this article matches that of the businessman in the book, although I'm not sure that the sources of this article are very reliable (it would be easy to mix up the dates of birth of two people with the same name). Cassar Torreggiani is not a common surname so they might be the same person, however I'm not convinced since the entry in the dictionary does not mention any athletic activity whatsoever, and the entry is fairly detailed and seems to be reilable.

Can anyone provide more information on this matter?

This should be of interest to who created this article in the first place.

--Xwejnusgozo (talk) 23:03, 29 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Hi. Thanks for the note. It's very possible it is the same individual, as it is quite common for an athlete to do something else after their sporting career ends. I can't help more than that though, in lieu of any sources to confirm it. Maybe drop a note on the Malta and Olympic projects talkpages to point back to this article. Thanks again.  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 07:39, 30 November 2018 (UTC)