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Piero Poli

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Piero Poli
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1960-10-09) 9 October 1960 (age 64)
Cairo Montenotte, Italy[1]
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul Quadruple sculls

Piero Poli (born 9 October 1960) is an Italian competition rower and Olympic champion.

He competed in the men's coxed pair event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[1] He received a gold medal in quadruple sculls at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, together with Agostino Abbagnale, Davide Tizzano, and Gianluca Farina.[2]

He is also a World champion: he won the bronze medal in quadruple sculls at the 1983 World Rowing Championship (Duisburg). In that year he was trained at the Pavia College Remiero.

References

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  1. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Piero Poli". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  2. ^ "1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Rowing" Archived 31 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 13 May 2008)