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National team | Italy | |||||||||||||
Born | Tradate, Italy [1] | 23 April 1990|||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||
Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | |||||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||
Club | Canottieri Gavirate [1] | |||||||||||||
Start activity | 2001 | |||||||||||||
Coached by | Giovanni Calabrese | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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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