Gaetano_Iannuzzi
Gaetano Iannuzzi
Italian rower
Gaetano Iannuzzi (born 5 March 1972) is an Italian rowing coach and former coxswain who later participated as a coxswain in the paralympic sports, also winning an international medal in the competitions reserved for paralympic athletes.[1]
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| National team | Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1972-03-05) 5 March 1972 (age 52) Portici, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.59 m (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 50 kg (110 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Disability class | PR3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Canottieri Aniene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2009 (rowing) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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After finished his sports career as an athlete, Iannuzzi had become a rowing coach.[2] He became a paralympic athlete in 2017 following a serious road accident had in 1998, however continued to compete with not disabled athletes until 2009.[3]
He has had a long career, and last competed in 2017, when he won bronze at the 2017 Championships in Sarasota, Florida in PR3 mixed coxed four, an adaptive rowing class.[4] At young level he won a gold medal at the 1991 World Rowing Championships in Vienna with the lightweight men's eight.[5]
From 1999 to 2009 Iannuzzi participated in sixteen editions of World Rowing Championships.[6]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Rank | Event | Time |
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| 1991 | World Championships |  Vienna |
1st | Lightweight Eight | 6:13.21 |
| 1993 | World Championships |  Račice |
3rd | Lightweight Eight | 5:41.53 |
| 1994 | World Championships |  Indianapolis |
3rd | Lightweight Eight | 5:34.63 |
| 1995 | World Championships |  Tampere |
3rd | Lightweight Eight | 5:58.77 |
| 1997 | World Championships |  Aiguebelette-le-Lac |
2nd | Coxed Four | 6:05.98 |
| 2000 | Olympic Games |  Sydney |
4th | Eight | 5:35.37 |
| 2004 | Olympic Games |  Athens |
7th | Eight | 5:46.36 |
| 2005 | World Championships |  Kaizu |
2nd | Eight | 5:24.01 |
| 2006 | World Championships |  Eton |
2nd | Eight | 5:23.29 |
- "Sarasota. Le dichiarazioni del quattro con PR3 medaglia di bronzo" (in Italian). canottaggio.org. 30 September 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- "Storie di sport: il coraggio (e la follia) di Gaetano Iannuzzi e della piena del Tevere" (in Italian). sport24h.it. 21 November 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
- "In barca senza un Abbagnale" (in Italian). repubblica.it. 29 July 2004. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
- "Sarasota, Italy won the shiniest medal for rowing". Fondazione Terzo Pilastro. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
- "Gaetano Iannuzzi". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- "Scheda di Gaetano Iannuzzi" (in Italian). canottaggio.org. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
