Giuseppe Di Capua

Giuseppe Di Capua

Personal information
Nationality	Italy
Born	15 March 1958 Salerno
Height	1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight	53 kg (117 lb)
Medal record Representing  Italy Men’s Rowing Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Coxed Pairs 1988 Seoul Coxed Pairs 1992 Barcelona Coxed Pairs

Giuseppe Di Capua (born March 15, 1958) is an Italian competition rower and Olympic champion.^[1]

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

1. "Giuseppe Di Capua Biography and Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved October 28, 2012.
2. "1984 Summer Olympics – Los Angeles, United States – Rowing" (Retrieved on May 13, 2008)
3. "1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Rowing" (Retrieved on May 13, 2008)
4. "1992 Summer Olympics – Barcelona, Spain – Rowing" (Retrieved on May 13, 2008)