Giovanni Invernizzi (oarsman)

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Giovanni Invernizzi (born June 17, 1926 in Mandello del Lario , † October 16, 1986 in Abbadia Lariana ) was an Italian rower .

At the first European rowing championships after World War II, which were held in Lucerne in 1947 , Giuseppe Moioli , Elio Morille , Giovanni Invernizzi and Franco Faggi won in front of the boats from Czechoslovakia and Switzerland. The following year, the four Italians won the gold medal at the 1948 Olympic Games in London, ahead of the Danes and the US boat. The four rowers from Moto Guzzi Mandello also won the European Championships in Amsterdam in 1949 and in Milan in 1950 . At the Olympic Games in Helsinki in 1952, the Italians were eliminated in the hope run .

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SURNAME Invernizzi, Giovanni
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian rower
DATE OF BIRTH June 17, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Mandello del Lario
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 1986
Place of death Abbadia Lariana