Alongside Jean-Pierre Crovetto and Jules Soccal Battaglia finished 23rd in the Dragon class at the 1960 Olympic Games.

[2] In the 1976 Olympic Games he finished 23rd in the soling class with Borro and Claude Rossi.

His son Philippe and nephew René Battaglia both competed for Monaco in the Olympics.

[3] He later became president of the Monegasque Sailing Federation and an Officer of the Order of Saint-Charles.

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