Giovanni Ficarra

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Giovanni Ficarra
Personal information
Born (1996-06-18) 18 June 1996 (age 27)
Messina, Italy [1]
Sport
CountryItaly
Sport Rowing
ClubPelororow [1]
Medal record
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Račice Lightweight coxless pair
World U23 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Plovdiv Lightweight coxless pair
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Plovdiv Lightweight coxless four
Mediterranean Beach Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Heraklion Single sculls
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Heraklion Mixed relay

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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Career

He 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Giovanni Ficarra - Scheda Informativa Atleta". canottaggio.net (in Italian). Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  2. "ROWING - SCHEDULE AND RESULTS". munich2022.com. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  3. "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.
  4. "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.