Giuseppe Abbagnale

Giuseppe Abbagnale

Giuseppe Abbagnale in 2013.
Personal information
Born	24 July 1959 (1959-07-24) (age 65) Pompei, Naples, Italy
Medal record Men's rowing Representing   Italy Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Coxed pair 1988 Seoul Coxed pair 1992 Barcelona Coxed pair World Rowing Championships 1981 Munich Coxed pair 1982 Lucerne Coxed pair 1985 Hazewinkel Coxed pair 1987 Copenhagen Coxed pair 1989 Bled Coxed pair 1990 Lake Barrington Coxed pair 1991 Vienna Coxed pair 1986 Nottingham Coxed pair 1993 Račice Coxed pair 1983 Duisburg Coxed pair Mediterranean Games 1991 Athens Coxed pair 1979 Split Coxed pair 1993 Languedoc-Roussillon Coxed pair

Giuseppe Abbagnale (born 24 July 1959) ^[1] is an Italian former rower. He is the current president of the Italian Rowing Federation ^[2] prior of which he won multiple coxed pair world and Olympic championships with his brother Carmine Abbagnale.

The Abbagnale brothers are the older brothers of the three-time Olympic champion Agostino. ^[3]

Biography

He received a gold medal in coxed pair with Giuseppe Di Capua (cox) and his younger brother Carmine, at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, ^[4] and again at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. ^[5] The crew won silver medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona behind another pair of brothers, Greg and Jonny Searle. ^[6]

See also

• Italy national rowing team

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Giuseppe Abbagnale". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
2. "Il commento del Presidente Giuseppe Abbagnale al termine del Mondiale Assoluto" (in Italian). canottaggio.org. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
3. "Abbagnale new Italian Rowing president". worldrowing.com. 30 November 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2020. The Italian Rowing Federation has a new president. He is Giuseppe Abbagnale, the three-time Olympic medallist and from Italy's most famed rowing family of Carmine, Agostino and Giuseppe Abbagnale.
4. "1984 Summer Olympics – Los Angeles, United States – Rowing" Archived 17 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine . databaseOlympics.com. Retrieved on 13 May 2008.
5. "1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Rowing" Archived 31 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine . databaseOlympics.com. Retrieved on 13 May 2008.
6. "1992 Summer Olympics – Barcelona, Spain – Rowing" Archived 23 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine . databaseOlympics.com. Retrieved on 13 May 2008.

External links

• Giuseppe Abbagnale at World Rowing
• Giuseppe Abbagnale at Olympics.com
• Giuseppe Abbagnale at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
• Giuseppe Abbagnale at the CONI honored athlete website (in Italian)
• Giuseppe Abbagnale at Olympedia

Summer Olympics
Preceded by Pietro Mennea	Flag bearer for Italy 1992 Barcelona	Succeeded by Giovanna Trillini