Giuseppe Abbagnale

Giuseppe Abbagnale
Personal information
Born 24 July 1959 (1959-07-24) (age 59)
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
1994 Indianapolis Coxed pair
1983 Duisburg Coxed pair

Giuseppe Abbagnale (born 24 July 1959 in Pompei)[1] is an Italian rower who won multiple coxed pair world and Olympic championships with his brother Carmine Abbagnale.

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,[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]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Giuseppe Abbagnale". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
  2. ↑ "1984 Summer Olympics – Los Angeles, United States – Rowing" Archived 17 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine.. databaseOlympics.com. Retrieved on 13 May 2008.
  3. ↑ "1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Rowing" Archived 31 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine.. databaseOlympics.com. Retrieved on 13 May 2008.
  4. ↑ "1992 Summer Olympics – Barcelona, Spain – Rowing" Archived 23 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine.. databaseOlympics.com. Retrieved on 13 May 2008.
Summer Olympics
Preceded by
Pietro Mennea		 Italy Flag bearer for Italy
1992 Barcelona		 Succeeded by
Giovanna Trillini
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