Giuseppe Abbagnale (born 24 July 1959) is an Italian former rower. He is the current president of the Italian Rowing Federation prior of which he won multiple coxed pair world and Olympic championships with his brother Carmine Abbagnale.
The Abbagnale brothers are the older brothers of the three-time Olympic champion Agostino.
Biography
He received a gold medal in coxed pair with Giuseppe Di Capua (cox) and his younger brother Carmine, at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and again at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. The crew won silver medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona behind another pair of brothers, Greg and Jonny Searle.
See also
- Italy national rowing team
References
External links
- Giuseppe Abbagnale at World Rowing
- Giuseppe Abbagnale at Olympics.com
- Giuseppe Abbagnale at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
- Giuseppe Abbagnale at the CONI honored athlete website (in Italian)
- Giuseppe Abbagnale at Olympedia
