Daniele Scarpa

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Daniele Scarpa
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1964-01-03) 3 January 1964 (age 61)
Venice, Italy
Sport
Sport Canoeing
Event Canoe sprint
Club G.S. Fiamme Oro
Retired2009
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1996 Atlanta K-2 1000 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1996 Atlanta K-2 500 m
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1995 Duisburg K-2 500 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1995 Duisburg K-2 1000 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1993 Copenhagen K-2 1000 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1994 Mexico City K-2 1000 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1985 Mechelen K-2 10000 m

Daniele Scarpa (born 3 January 1964) is an Italian canoe sprinter who competed from the mid-1980s to 1997. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won two medals at Atlanta in 1996 with a gold in the K-2 1000 m and a silver in the K-2 500 m events.

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Biography

Scarpa also won five medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-2 500 m and K-2 1000 m: both 1995), two silvers (K-2 1000 m: 1993, 1994), and a bronze (K-2 10000 m: 1985).

He quit the national team in 1997 to what he claimed was widespread doping. Scarpa also was elected to the local government as a member of the Greens Party. Scarpa married the paralympian archer Sandra Truccolo in 2007 and they offer canoeing courses. [1]

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References

  1. Daniel Scarpa biography, besport.org, retrieved 27 September 2014