Plinio Ansèlme Brusa (27 August 1899 – 24 July 1969) was an Italian-Swiss-French rower who competed for France in the coxed pair event. Together with André Giriat and coxswain Pierre Brunet he won the French championships in 1927 and 1931, the European title in 1931, and an Olympic bronze medal in 1932.[1][2]

Anselme Brusa
Brunet, Giriat and Brusa at the 1931 European Championships
Personal information
Born27 August 1899
Chiasso, Switzerland
Died24 July 1969 (aged 69)
Lyon, France
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
SportRowing
ClubCercle de l'Aviron de Lyon, Lyon
Medal record
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1932 Los Angeles Coxed pair
European Rowing Championships
Gold medal – first place 1931 Paris Coxed pair

Brusa was Italian. He was born in Switzerland, where he won a national title in gymnastics. After World War I he immigrated to France and became a French citizen in the early 1930s.[1]

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