Giovanni Calabrese

Giovanni Calabrese
Personal information
Born (1966-10-30) 30 October 1966
Messina, Italy
SpousePaola Grizzetti
Sport
SportRowing
Medal record
Representing  Italy
Men's rowing
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney Double scull
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1987 Copenhagen Lwt double scull
Gold medal – first place 1997 Aiguebelette Quad scull
Silver medal – second place 1989 Bled Quad scull

Giovanni Calabrese (born 30 October 1966 in Messina) is an Italian rower who competed at three Olympic Games.[1]

He is married with Paola Grizzetti 6th in rowing at Los Angeles 1984 and his daughter Valentina is also a rower, silver medal at senior level at the 2010 European Rowing Championships, he is her coach.[2][3]

Biography

Calabrese was twice world rowing champion; in 1987, he won in the lightweight double scull in Copenhagen, and ten years later in 1997, he won with the quad scull in Aiguebelette.[4] He won a bronze medal in the double sculls event at the 2000 Summer Olympics, together with teammate Nicola Sartori.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Giovanni Calabrese Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  2. ^ "L'ADAPTIVE ROWING IN ITALIA" (in Italian). worldrowing.com. Retrieved 26 May 2020. Paola, com'è la vita insieme a Giovanni? Siamo una famiglia unita e stiamo bene insieme. Abbiamo tre figli, Valentina, Veronica e la piccola Vittoria di due anni e mezzo, tutte e tre con l'iniziale del none uguale un po' per caso e un po' voluto.
  3. ^ "L'ADAPTIVE ROWING IN ITALIA" (in Italian). worldrowing.com. Retrieved 26 May 2020. ...il canottaggio ci rimane intorno perché due delle mie figlie, Valentina di 17enne e Veronica dodicenne, praticano canottaggio
  4. ^ "Giovanni Calabrese". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  5. ^ "RAI Profile". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2007.
  6. ^ databaseOlympics


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