Carmine Abbagnale

Carmine Abbagnale (born January 5, 1962 in Pompei ) is a former Italian rower . He won two Olympic gold medals and was a seven-time world champion.

Career

Carmine Abbagnale, together with his older brother Giuseppe Abbagnale and the helmsman Giuseppe Di Capua, dominated the two-man competitions for over a decade . At the 1992 Olympic Games and the 1993 World Championships, the three lost to the British brothers Jonathan Searle and Greg Searle with their helmsman Garry Herbert .

In addition to Giuseppe and Carmine Abbagnale, the youngest brother Agostino Abbagnale was also a successful rower who even won three Olympic gold medals. While the two older brothers always sat in the belt boat , Agostino was successful in the scull .

successes

All medals were won jointly by Carmine and Giuseppe Abbagnale and Giuseppe Di Capua.

Olympic games

• 1984 gold
• 1988 gold
• 1992 silver

World championships

• 1981 gold
• 1982 gold
• 1983 bronze
• 1985 gold
• 1986 silver
• 1987 gold
• 1989 gold
• 1990 gold
• 1991 gold
• 1993 silver
• 1994 silver

Awards

• 1981, 1984, 1988, 1991: World Team of the Year for the Gazzetta dello Sport (together with Giuseppe Abbagnale and Giuseppe Di Capua )

literature

• Erich Kamper , Bill Mallon : Who's Who of the Olympic Games 1896–1992. Who's Who at the Olympics. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 1992, ISBN 3-928562-47-9 .

Web links

• Carmine Abbagnale at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )
• Carmine Abbagnale in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )