Giuseppe Abbagnale

Giuseppe Abbagnale

Personal information
Born	July 24, 1959 (age 56) Pompei, Naples, Italy
Medal record Men’s Rowing Representing  Italy Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Coxed Pairs 1988 Seoul Coxed Pairs 1992 Barcelona Coxed Pairs World Rowing Championships Munich 1981 Coxed pair Lucerne 1982 Coxed pair Hazewinkel 1985 Coxed pair Copenhagen 1987 Coxed pair Bled 1989 Coxed pair Lake Barrington 1990 Coxed pair Vienna 1991 Coxed pair Nottingham 1986 Coxed pair Račice 1993 Coxed pair Indianapolis 1994 Coxed pair Duisburg 1983 Coxed pair

Giuseppe Abbagnale (born July 24, 1959 in Pompei)^[1] is an Italian rower who won multiple coxed pair world and Olympic championships with his brother Carmine Abbagnale.

Biography

He received a gold medal in coxed pairs, with Giuseppe Di Capua (cox) and his younger brother Carmine, 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]

References

1. • Giuseppe Abbagnale at Sports Reference
2. "1984 Summer Olympics – Los Angeles, United States – Rowing". databaseOlympics.com. Retrieved on May 13, 2008.
3. "1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Rowing". databaseOlympics.com. Retrieved on May 13, 2008.
4. "1992 Summer Olympics – Barcelona, Spain – Rowing". databaseOlympics.com. Retrieved on May 13, 2008.