Giuseppe Di Capua

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Giuseppe Di Capua
Personal information
Born (1958-03-15) 15 March 1958 (age 66)
Salerno, Italy
Height1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1984 Los Angeles Coxed pair
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1988 Seoul Coxed pair
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1992 Barcelona Coxed pair

Giuseppe "Peppiniello" Di Capua (born 15 March 1958) is an Italian competition rowing coxswain and Olympic champion. [1]

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Biography

Di Capua was born in Salerno. He received a gold medal in coxed pairs as cox, with Giuseppe Abbagnale and Carmine Abbagnale, at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, [2] and again at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. [3] The crew won silver medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona behind another pair of brothers, Greg and Jonny Searle. [4] In 2013 he won a silver medal at the World Rowing Championships in Chungju, Korea, coxing the Italian LTA mixed coxed four, and in 2014 a bronze in the same event at the World Championships in Amsterdam.

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Giuseppe Di Capua". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  2. "1984 Summer Olympics Los Angeles, United States Rowing". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2008.
  3. "1988 Summer Olympics Seoul, South Korea Rowing". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 31 May 2008. Retrieved 13 May 2008.
  4. "1992 Summer Olympics Barcelona, Spain Rowing". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 23 August 2008. Retrieved 13 May 2008.