Carmine Abbagnale

Carmine Abbagnale

Personal information
Nationality	Italy
Born	5 January 1962 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 1981 Munich Coxed pair 1982 Lucerne Coxed pair 1985 Hazewinkel Coxed pair 1987 Copenhagen Coxed pair 1989 Bled Coxed pair 1990 Lake Barrington Coxed pair 1991 Vienna Coxed pair 1986 Nottingham Coxed pair 1993 Račice Coxed pair 1994 Indianapolis Coxed pair 1983 Duisburg Coxed pair

Carmine Abbagnale (born January 5, 1962 in Pompei)^[1] is an Italian competition rower and Olympic champion.

Biography

Abbagnale received a gold medal in coxed pairs, with Giuseppe Di Capua (cox) and his older brother Giuseppe, 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. "Carmine Abbagnale". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
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.