Giliante D'Este (23 March 1910 – 24 April 1996) was an Italian

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who competed in the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (), was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from 28 July to 12 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam had previously bid for ...

, in the

1932 Summer Olympics The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1932) were an international multi-sport event held from July 30 to August 14, 1932, in Los Angeles, California, United States. The Games were held du ...

, and in the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to ...

. In 1928 he won the gold medal as a member of the Italian boat in the coxed four event. Four years later he won the bronze medal with the Italian boat in the coxless four event. In 1936 he was part of the Italian boat which was eliminated in the

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of the coxed four competition.

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* 1910 births 1996 deaths Sportspeople from Izola Italian male rowers Olympic rowers for Italy Rowers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1932 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Italy Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Rowers of Marina Militare European Rowing Championships medalists 20th-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub