Alessandro Campagna (born 26 June 1963) is an Italian former

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player who competed at the

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and

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. He is now the head coach of the Italy men's national water polo team.

Career

Campagna won a gold medal at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992. As a head coach, he led Italy men's national team to win two medals in 2012 and 2016, becoming one of a few sportspeople who won Olympic medals in water polo as players and head coaches he then quit participating in the olympics because of the death of his wife in 2017. She died from a stroke. He was inducted into the

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in 2019.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Campagna, Sandro 1963 births Living people Italian male water polo players Olympic water polo players for Italy Water polo players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in water polo Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo Italian water polo coaches Greece men's national water polo team coaches Italy men's national water polo team coaches Water polo coaches at the 2004 Summer Olympics Water polo coaches at the 2008 Summer Olympics Water polo coaches at the 2012 Summer Olympics Water polo coaches at the 2016 Summer Olympics Water polo coaches at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Syracuse, Sicily Water polo coaches at the 2024 Summer Olympics 20th-century Italian sportsmen

Career

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