Giuseppe Di Capua
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| Born | 15 March 1958 Salerno, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Giuseppe "Peppiniello" Di Capua (born 15 March 1958) is an Italian competition rowing coxswain and Olympic champion.[1]
Biography
[edit]Di Capua was born in Salerno. He received a gold medal in coxed pairs as cox, with Giuseppe Abbagnale and Carmine Abbagnale, at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles,[2] and again at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.[3] The crew won silver medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona behind another pair of brothers, Greg and Jonny Searle.[4] In 2013 he won a silver medal at the World Rowing Championships in Chungju, Korea, coxing the Italian LTA mixed coxed four, and in 2014 a bronze in the same event at the World Championships in Amsterdam.
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Giuseppe Di Capua". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
- ^ "1984 Summer Olympics – Los Angeles, United States – Rowing". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2008.
- ^ "1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Rowing". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 31 May 2008. Retrieved 13 May 2008.
- ^ "1992 Summer Olympics – Barcelona, Spain – Rowing". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 23 August 2008. Retrieved 13 May 2008.
External links
[edit]- Giuseppe Di Capua at World Rowing
- Giuseppe Di Capua at Olympics.com
- Giuseppe Di Capua at Olympedia
- Giuseppe Di Capua at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
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