Antonio Rossi

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Antonio Rossi

Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
Gold	1996 Atlanta	K-1 500 m
Gold	1996 Atlanta	K-2 1000 m
Gold	2000 Sydney	K-2 1000 m
Silver	2004 Athens	K-2 1000 m
Bronze	1992 Barcelona	K-2 500 m
World Championships
Gold	1995 Duisburg	K-2 1000 m
Gold	1997 Dartmouth	K-2 1000 m
Gold	1998 Szeged	K-2 1000 m
Silver	1993 Copenhagen	K-2 1000 m
Silver	1994 Mexico City	K-2 1000 m
Silver	1998 Szeged	K-4 200 m
Bronze	1997 Dartmouth	K-1 500 m

Antonio Rossi (born December 19, 1968 in Lecco) is an Italian sprint canoer who has competed since the early 1990s. Competing in five Summer Olympics, he won five medals which included three golds (K-1 500 m: 1996, K-2 1000 m: 1996, 2000), one silver (K-2 1000 m: 2004), and one bronze (K-2 500 m: 1992).

Biography

Rossi has also been successful at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with seven medals. This includes three golds (K-2 1000 m: 1995, 1997, 1998), three silvers (K-2 1000 m: 1993, 1994; K-4 200 m: 1998), and one bronze (K-1 500 m: 1997).

He was the Italian flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Rossi's wife, Lucia Micheli, competed in the K-4 500 m event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. His clus is G.S. Fiamme Gialle.

See also

• Italy at the Olympics - Athletes with most medals
• Italy at the Olympics - Men gold medalist
• List of flag bearers for Italy at the Olympics

Notes

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 1
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2

External links

• Antonio Rossi at Sports-Reference.com
• Official Website (Italian)
• RAI Profile (Italian)
• Media related to Antonio Rossi at Wikimedia Commons

Summer Olympics
Preceded by Jury Chechi	Flag bearer for Italy 2008 Beijing	Succeeded by Valentina Vezzali