Giovanni Calabrese

Giovanni Calabrese
Personal information
Born (1966-10-30) 30 October 1966 (age 59)
Messina, Italy
SpousePaola Grizzetti
Sport
SportRowing
Medal record
Representing  Italy
Men's rowing
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2000 SydneyDouble scull
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1987 CopenhagenLwt double scull
Gold medal – first place1997 AiguebeletteQuad scull
Silver medal – second place1989 BledQuad scull
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place1993 LanguedocSingle sculls
Bronze medal – third place1991 AthensDouble sculls
Bronze medal – third place1997 BariSingle sculls
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place1987 ZagrebLwt double sculls

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

He is married to 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.

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. He won a bronze medal in the double sculls event at the 2000 Summer Olympics, together with teammate Nicola Sartori.

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