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| Born | 30 October 1966 Messina, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Paola Grizzetti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Giovanni Calabrese (born 30 October 1966 in Messina) is an Italian rower who competed at three Olympic Games. [1]
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]
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]
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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.
...il canottaggio ci rimane intorno perché due delle mie figlie, Valentina di 17enne e Veronica dodicenne, praticano canottaggio
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