Giuseppe Galante

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The Italian foursome with helmsman at the 1964 European Championships, Galante is second from the left.

Giuseppe Galante (born September 2, 1937 in Domaso ) is a former Italian rower who won two Olympic medals.

The 1.78 m tall Giuseppe Galante rowed at the 1960 Olympic Games on Lake Albano together with Renato Bosatta , Tullio Baraglia and Giancarlo Crosta in the boat class four without a helmsman . They were defeated in the run-up to the Soviet boat and qualified for the final via the hope run . There the four from the United States won by two and a half seconds over the Italians, who in turn crossed the finish line just under a second ahead of the Soviet boat. In 1961, the Soviet and Italian foursome met again in the same line-up as in 1960 in the final of the European Championships , the Italians won the gold medal in front of the boat from the Soviet Union and the boat from the Federal Republic of Germany.

At the European Championships in 1964 , Franco De Pedrina , Giuseppe Galante, Emilio Trivini and Renato Bosatta rowed with the helmsman Giovanni Spinola in a four with helmsman , the Italians achieved third place behind the boats from the Soviet Union and the Federal Republic of Germany. At the Olympic Games in 1964 , the three medal winners of the European Championships won their preliminary run. In the finals, the German boat won ahead of the Italians and the Dutch, while the Soviet European champions came in fifth behind the French.

Four years later, Galante and Emilio Trivini were part of the Italian squad for the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico. Together with Romano Sgheiz , Luciano Sgheiz and helmsman Mariano Gottifredi in a foursome with helmsman, they won their preliminary run and took third place in the semi-finals behind the boats from New Zealand and the USA. In the final, the New Zealanders won ahead of the boat from the GDR and the Swiss. Half a second behind the Swiss, the Italians took fourth place.

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  1. ↑ European rowing championships in four-man without a helmsman on sport-komplett.de
  2. ↑ European rowing championships in a four-man with a helmsman on sport-komplett.de
personal data
SURNAME Galante, Giuseppe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian rower
DATE OF BIRTH September 2, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Domaso