Giuseppe Abbagnale (born 24 July 1959) is an Italian former rower. He is the current president of the
Italian Rowing Federation
The Italian Rowing Federation (, FIC) is the national governing body for the rowing sport in Italy. The FIS is currently based in Turin. The FIC was founded is 1888.
From 2012 the President of the Federation is the Olympic Games, Olympic legend G ...
prior of which he won multiple
coxed pair
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world and Olympic championships with his brother
Carmine Abbagnale.
The Abbagnale brothers are the older brothers of the three-time Olympic champion
Agostino.
Biography
He received a gold medal in coxed pair with
Giuseppe Di Capua (cox) and his younger brother
Carmine
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, at the
1984 Summer Olympics
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in
Los Angeles
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,
["1984 Summer Olympics – Los Angeles, United States – Rowing"]
. databaseOlympics.com. Retrieved on 13 May 2008. and again at the
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represe ...
in
Seoul
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.
["1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Rowing"]
. databaseOlympics.com. Retrieved on 13 May 2008. The crew won silver medals at the
1992 Summer Olympics
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in
Barcelona
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behind another pair of brothers,
Greg and
Jonny Searle.
["1992 Summer Olympics – Barcelona, Spain – Rowing"]
. databaseOlympics.com. Retrieved on 13 May 2008.
See also
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Italy national rowing team
References
External links
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1959 births
Living people
Italian male rowers
Olympic rowers for Italy
Olympic gold medalists for Italy
Rowers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Rowers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in rowing
World Rowing Championships medalists for Italy
Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for Italy
Thomas Keller Medal recipients
People from Pompei
Competitors at the 1979 Mediterranean Games
Competitors at the 1991 Mediterranean Games
Competitors at the 1993 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy
Mediterranean Games medalists in rowing
Rowers from the Metropolitan City of Naples
20th-century Italian sportsmen