Giovanni Calabrese

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Giovanni Calabrese
Personal information
Born (1966-10-30) 30 October 1966 (age 58)
Messina, Italy
Spouse Paola Grizzetti
Sport
SportRowing
Medal record
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Men's rowing
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2000 Sydney Double scull
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1987 Copenhagen Lwt double scull
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1997 Aiguebelette Quad scull
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1989 Bled Quad scull

Giovanni Calabrese (born 30 October 1966 in Messina) is an Italian rower who competed at three Olympic Games. [1]

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He is married with Paola Grizzetti 6th in rowing at Los Angeles 1984 and his daughter Valentina is also a rower, silver medal at senior level at the 2010 European Rowing Championships, he is her coach. [2] [3]

Biography

Calabrese was twice world rowing champion; in 1987, he won in the lightweight double scull in Copenhagen, and ten years later in 1997, he won with the quad scull in Aiguebelette. [4] He won a bronze medal in the double sculls event at the 2000 Summer Olympics, together with teammate Nicola Sartori. [5] [6]

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Giovanni Calabrese Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  2. "L'ADAPTIVE ROWING IN ITALIA" (in Italian). worldrowing.com. Retrieved 26 May 2020. Paola, com'è la vita insieme a Giovanni? Siamo una famiglia unita e stiamo bene insieme. Abbiamo tre figli, Valentina, Veronica e la piccola Vittoria di due anni e mezzo, tutte e tre con l'iniziale del none uguale un po' per caso e un po' voluto.
  3. "L'ADAPTIVE ROWING IN ITALIA" (in Italian). worldrowing.com. Retrieved 26 May 2020. ...il canottaggio ci rimane intorno perché due delle mie figlie, Valentina di 17enne e Veronica dodicenne, praticano canottaggio
  4. "Giovanni Calabrese". International Rowing Federation . Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  5. "RAI Profile". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2007.
  6. databaseOlympics