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Carmine Abbagnale

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Carmine Abbagnale
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1962-01-05) 5 January 1962 (age 62)
Pompei, Naples, Italy
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1984 Los Angeles Coxed pair
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul Coxed pair
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona Coxed pair
World Rowing Championships
Gold medal – first place 1981 Munich Coxed pair
Gold medal – first place 1982 Lucerne Coxed pair
Gold medal – first place 1985 Hazewinkel Coxed pair
Gold medal – first place 1987 Copenhagen Coxed pair
Gold medal – first place 1989 Bled Coxed pair
Gold medal – first place 1990 Lake Barrington Coxed pair
Gold medal – first place 1991 Vienna Coxed pair
Silver medal – second place 1986 Nottingham Coxed pair
Silver medal – second place 1993 Račice Coxed pair
Silver medal – second place 1994 Indianapolis Coxed pair
Bronze medal – third place 1983 Duisburg Coxed pair
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1991 Athens Coxed pair
Silver medal – second place 1993 Languedoc-Roussillon Coxed pair

Carmine Abbagnale (born 5 January 1962 in Pompei)[1] is an Italian competition rower and Olympic champion.

The Abbagnale brothers are the older brothers of the three-time Olympic champion Agostino.[2]

Biography

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Abbagnale received a gold medal in coxed pairs, with Giuseppe Di Capua (cox) and his older brother Giuseppe, at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles,[3] and again at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.[4] The crew won silver medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona behind another pair of brothers, Greg and Jonny Searle.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Carmine Abbagnale". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Abbagnale new Italian Rowing president". worldrowing.com. 30 November 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2020. The Italian Rowing Federation has a new president. He is Giuseppe Abbagnale, the three-time Olympic medallist and from Italy's most famed rowing family of Carmine, Agostino and Giuseppe Abbagnale.
  3. ^ "1984 Summer Olympics – Los Angeles, United States – Rowing" Archived 17 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com. Retrieved on 13 May 2008.
  4. ^ "1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Rowing" Archived 31 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com. Retrieved on 13 May 2008.
  5. ^ "1992 Summer Olympics – Barcelona, Spain – Rowing" Archived 23 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com. Retrieved on 13 May 2008.
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