Giuseppe Abbagnale (born 24 July 1959 in Pompei)[1] is the current president of the Italian Rowing Federation[2] and former Italian rower who won multiple coxed pair world and Olympic championships with his brother Carmine Abbagnale.
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Medal record
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The Abbagnale brothers are the older brothers of the three-time Olympic champion Agostino.[3]
Biography
editHe received a gold medal in coxed pair with Giuseppe Di Capua (cox) and his younger brother Carmine, at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles,[4] and again at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.[5] The crew won silver medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona behind another pair of brothers, Greg and Jonny Searle.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Giuseppe Abbagnale". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ "Il commento del Presidente Giuseppe Abbagnale al termine del Mondiale Assoluto" (in Italian). canottaggio.org. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- ^ "Abbagnale new Italian Rowing president". worldrowing.com. 30 November 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
The Italian Rowing Federation has a new president. He is Giuseppe Abbagnale, the three-time Olympic medallist and from Italy's most famed rowing family of Carmine, Agostino and Giuseppe Abbagnale.
- ^ "1984 Summer Olympics – Los Angeles, United States – Rowing" Archived 17 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine. databaseOlympics.com. Retrieved on 13 May 2008.
- ^ "1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Rowing" Archived 31 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine. databaseOlympics.com. Retrieved on 13 May 2008.
- ^ "1992 Summer Olympics – Barcelona, Spain – Rowing" Archived 23 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine. databaseOlympics.com. Retrieved on 13 May 2008.
External links
edit- Giuseppe Abbagnale at World Rowing
- Giuseppe Abbagnale at Olympics.com
- Giuseppe Abbagnale at Olympedia
- Giuseppe Abbagnale at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
- Giuseppe Abbagnale at the CONI honored athlete website (in Italian)
