Antonio Rossi (canoeist)

Antonio Rossi
nation	Italy
birthday	19th December 1968
place of birth	Lecco
Career
discipline	Canoe racing
Boat class	Kayak (K1, K2, K4)
status	active
Medal table
Olympic medals 3 × 1 × 1 × World Cup medals 3 × 3 × 1 ×
Olympic games bronze 1992 Barcelona K2 500m gold 1996 Atlanta K1 500m gold 1996 Atlanta K2 1000m gold 2000 Sydney K2 1000m silver 2004 Athens K2 1000m Canoe World Championships silver 1993 Copenhagen K2 1000m silver 1994 Mexico City K2 1000m gold 1995 Duisburg K2 1000m gold 1997 Dartmouth K2 1000m bronze 1997 Dartmouth K1 500m gold 1998 Szeged K2 1000m silver 1998 Szeged K4 200m

Antonio Rossi (born December 19, 1968 in Lecco ) is a former Italian canoeist .

Life

In his five participations in the Olympic Games from 1992 to 2008 he won a total of three gold medals and one silver and one bronze medal. At the Canoe World Championships between 1993 and 1998 he won three gold and silver medals as well as a bronze one. Rossi was the flag bearer at the opening ceremony for Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing . He is married to Lucia Micheli , also an ex-canoeist. They took part in the 1992 Summer Olympics together .

Web links

Commons : Antonio Rossi  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Antonio Rossi in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• World championships 500 m
• World championships 1000 m
• RAI profiles