Giovanni Calabrese (born 30 October 1966 in

Messina Messina ( , ; ; ; ) is a harbour city and the capital city, capital of the Italian Metropolitan City of Messina. It is the third largest city on the island of Sicily, and the 13th largest city in Italy, with a population of 216,918 inhabitants ...

) is an Italian

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who competed at three

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. He is married with Paola Grizzetti 6th in rowing at

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and his daughter Valentina is also a rower, silver medal at senior level at the 2010 European Rowing Championships, he is her

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Biography

Calabrese was twice world rowing champion; in 1987, he won in the lightweight double scull in

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, and ten years later in 1997, he won with the quad scull in Aiguebelette. He won a bronze medal in the double sculls event at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

, together with teammate Nicola Sartori.databaseOlympics
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* 1966 births Living people Italian male rowers Sportspeople from Messina Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for Italy Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for Italy 20th-century Italian sportsmen 21st-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub