Giovanni Calabrese

Giovanni Calabrese (born 30 October 1966 in Messina) is an Italian rower who competed at three Olympic Games.^[1]

He is married with Paola Grizzetti 6th in rowing at Los Angeles 1984 and his daughter Valentina is also a rower, silver medal at senior level at the 2010 European Rowing Championships, he is her coach.^[2]^[3]

Biography

Calabrese was twice world rowing champion; in 1987, he won in the lightweight double scull in Copenhagen, and ten years later in 1997, he won with the quad scull in Aiguebelette.^[4] He won a bronze medal in the double sculls event at the 2000 Summer Olympics, together with teammate Nicola Sartori.^[5]^[6]

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Giovanni Calabrese Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
^ "L'ADAPTIVE ROWING IN ITALIA" (in Italian). worldrowing.com. Retrieved 26 May 2020. Paola, com'è la vita insieme a Giovanni? Siamo una famiglia unita e stiamo bene insieme. Abbiamo tre figli, Valentina, Veronica e la piccola Vittoria di due anni e mezzo, tutte e tre con l'iniziale del none uguale un po' per caso e un po' voluto.
^ "L'ADAPTIVE ROWING IN ITALIA" (in Italian). worldrowing.com. Retrieved 26 May 2020. ...il canottaggio ci rimane intorno perché due delle mie figlie, Valentina di 17enne e Veronica dodicenne, praticano canottaggio
^ "Giovanni Calabrese". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
^ "RAI Profile". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2007.
^ databaseOlympics