Giovanni Ficarra (born 18 June 1996) is an Italian rower who won a gold medal at the 2022 World Rowing Championships.[2]
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| Born | 18 June 1996 Messina, Italy[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Pelororow[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editHe was the first rower in the world to win the "Triple Crown", i.e. the conquest of a podium in each of the three rowing world championships: traditional rowing. indoor rowing and beach sprint rowing.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ a b "Giovanni Ficarra - Scheda Informativa Atleta". canottaggio.net (in Italian). Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ "ROWING - SCHEDULE AND RESULTS". munich2022.com. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ "GIOVANNI FICARRA CONQUISTA L'ORO CHE GLI MANCAVA ED È IL PRIMO AL MONDO AD OTTENERE IL TRIPLE CROWN". canottaggio.org (in Italian). 27 February 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- ^ "WORLD RECORDS AND VERSA CHALLENGES HIGHLIGHT DAY ONE OF THE 2023 WORLD ROWING INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". worldrowing.com. 26 February 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
The "Triple Crown" for Ficarra. He won a World Rowing Champion title in the Lightweight Men's Pair in Racice in 2022. He was already a Beach Sprint Champion from 2021. Giovanni Ficarra of Italy is now a World Rowing Indoor Champion – and certainly one of the most versatile rowers in the world. He won the 23-39 Lightweight Men's 500m, just 0.2 seconds ahead of Jose Daniel Martinez Lopez of Spain.
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