Dante Orfeo Mosè Agostini (born 18 November 1923) is an Italian

sprint canoeist Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race in specially designed sprint canoes or sprint kayaks on calm water over a short distance. Prior to November 2008, canoe sprint was known as flatwater racing. The term is still in use today ...

who competed in the early 1950s. He finished 17th in the K-2 10000 m event at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. After Japan declared in ...

Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...

. Agostini was sentenced in absentia to 22 years imprisonment for war crimes whilst he was in Finland.

References

Dante Agostini's profile at Sports Reference.com

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* 1923 births Canoeists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Italian male canoeists Olympic canoeists for Italy Possibly living people 20th-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-canoe-bio-stub