Carlo Gaddi

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Carlo Gaddi (* 5. February 1962 in Lecco ) is a former Italian lightweight - rowers , the 1985 to 2002 eleven World Championship medals, including seven gold medals won.

Athletic career

Gaddi won his first international medal at the 1985 World Championships when he and Francesco Esposito won the silver medal in the lightweight double scull behind the French Luc Crispon and Thierry Renault . In 1986 Gaddi moved into the Italian lightweight eighth , with which he won five world championship titles until 1991, Carlo Gaddi was only absent in 1988, as he competed at the Olympic Games in Seoul with the four-man without a helmsman and placed fifth there in the Olympic final occupied.

The winning streak of the Italian eight ended at the 1992 World Championships when the boat finished fifth. After a bronze medal with the eighth in 1993, Gaddi and Leonardo Pettinari switched to the lightweight two-man without a helmsman in 1994 and won the title here just as they did the following year in the lightweight four-man without a helmsman with Andrea Re and Ivano Zasio . At the Olympic premiere of lightweight rowing in Atlanta in 1996 , the Italian four-man entered the world championship line-up, but missed the A-final and finished eighth overall. At the 1997 World Championships , Gaddi finished fourth with the four.

In 1998, Gaddi switched back to the lightweight two-man without a helmsman with Catello Amarante and finished second behind the French boat at the world championships . In 1999 Gaddi was back in the foursome and reached fourth place at the World Championships in St. Catharines . The Italian foursome also came fourth at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney . In 2001 Carlo Gaddi rowed again in the Italian eighth, at the World Championships he reached fourth place at the season highlight for the third time in a row. Carlo Gaddi won his last international medal at the age of forty at the 2002 World Championships , when he and Franco Sancassani won the silver medal behind the surprise world champions from Chile.

Carlo Gaddi was 1.86 meters tall and had a typical lightweight competition weight of around 72 kilograms.

Medals at world championships

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personal data
SURNAME Gaddi, Carlo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian rower
DATE OF BIRTH 5th February 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Lecco