Giuseppe Di Capua

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Giuseppe Di Capua
Personal information
Nationality Italy
Born (1958-03-15) 15 March 1958 (age 58)
Salerno
Height 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight 53 kg (117 lb)
Medal record
Representing  Italy
Men’s Rowing
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1984 Los Angeles Coxed pair
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul Coxed pair
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona Coxed pair

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[edit]

  1. ^ "Giuseppe Di Capua Biography and Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on November 12, 2012. 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)


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