Agostino Abbagnale
Agostino Abbagnale (born August 25, 1966 in Pompei ) is a former Italian rower and three-time Olympic gold medalist and multiple world champion .
Life
He won his first gold medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul in double fours . Shortly afterwards he developed thrombosis , which led to a five-year forced break. As a result, he missed the 1992 Olympic Games .
He was able to participate in the 1996 Olympic Games again and won his second gold medal in a double scull with Davide Tizzano , with whom he had already been successful in 1988 .
In 2000 he was able to repeat his success and won his third gold medal in double fours.
In 2003 a recurrence of thrombosis forced him to retire.
Agostino Abbagnale is the younger brother of the two-time Olympic and seven-time world champions Giuseppe Abbagnale and Carmine Abbagnale , who dominated this boat class in two with a helmsman in the 1980s and early 1990s.
The FISA , the International Rowing Federation, honored him in 2006 with the Thomas Keller Medal from.
successes
- Olympic medals: 3 gold
- World Championships: 2 gold, 2 silver
- Thomas Keller Medal, awarded in 2006 for his exceptional career in international rowing
Olympic games
World championships
- 2002 - silver, two
- 1999 - silver, foursome
- 1998 - gold, foursome
- 1997 - gold, foursome
- 1995 - 13th, two
- 1987 - eleventh, foursome
- 1985 - silver, eighth
Web links
- Agostino Abbagnale at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )}
- Agostino Abbagnale in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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SURNAME | Abbagnale, Agostino |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | three-time Olympic champion in rowing |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 25, 1966 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Pompei , Italy |