Gaetano Iannuzzi

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Gaetano Iannuzzi
Personal information
National team Italy
Born (1972-03-05) 5 March 1972 (age 53)
Portici, Italy
Height1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
Sport
Disability class PR3
Club Canottieri Aniene
Retired2009 (rowing)
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals 2
Medal record
Rowing
Event1st2nd3rd
World Championships 133
World Junior Championships 010
Total143
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1991 Vienna Lwt eight
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1997 Aiguebelette Coxed four
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2005 Kaizu, Gifu Eight
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Dorney Eight
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1993 Račice Lwt eight
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1994 Indianapolis Lwt eight
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1995 Tampere Lwt eight
Pararowing
Event1st2nd3rd
World Championships 001
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Sarasota Coxed four P2

Gaetano Iannuzzi (born 5 March 1972) is an Italian rowing coach and former coxswain who later participated as a coxswain in the paralympic sports, also winning an international medal in the competitions reserved for paralympic athletes. [1]

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Biography

After finished his sports career as an athlete, Iannuzzi had become a rowing coach. [2] He became a paralympic athlete in 2017 following a serious road accident had in 1998, however continued to compete with not disabled athletes until 2009. [3]

He has had a long career, and last competed in 2017, when he won bronze at the 2017 Championships in Sarasota, Florida in PR3 mixed coxed four, an adaptive rowing class. [4] At young level he won a gold medal at the 1991 World Rowing Championships in Vienna with the lightweight men's eight. [5]

From 1999 to 2009 Iannuzzi participated in sixteen editions of World Rowing Championships. [6]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenueRankEventTime
1991 World Championships Flag of Austria.svg Vienna 1stLightweight Eight6:13.21
1993 World Championships Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Račice 3rdLightweight Eight5:41.53
1994 World Championships Flag of the United States.svg Indianapolis 3rdLightweight Eight5:34.63
1995 World Championships Flag of Finland.svg Tampere 3rdLightweight Eight5:58.77
1997 World Championships Flag of France.svg Aiguebelette-le-Lac 2ndCoxed Four6:05.98
2000 Olympic Games Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sydney 4thEight 5:35.37
2004 Olympic Games Flag of Greece.svg Athens 7thEight 5:46.36
2005 World Championships Flag of Japan.svg Kaizu 2ndEight5:24.01
2006 World Championships Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eton 2ndEight5:23.29

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sarasota. Le dichiarazioni del quattro con PR3 medaglia di bronzo" (in Italian). canottaggio.org. 30 September 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  2. ↑ "Storie di sport: il coraggio (e la follia) di Gaetano Iannuzzi e della piena del Tevere" (in Italian). sport24h.it. 21 November 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  3. ↑ "In barca senza un Abbagnale" (in Italian). repubblica.it. 29 July 2004. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  4. ↑ "Sarasota, Italy won the shiniest medal for rowing". Fondazione Terzo Pilastro. Archived from the original on 11 December 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "Gaetano Iannuzzi". International Rowing Federation . Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "Scheda di Gaetano Iannuzzi" (in Italian). canottaggio.org. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
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