Carmine Abbagnale

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

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 pair 1988 Seoul Coxed pair 1992 Barcelona Coxed pair 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

The Abbagnale brothers are the older brothers of the three-time Olympic champion Agostino.[2]

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,[3] and again at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.[4] The crew won silver medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona behind another pair of brothers, Greg and Jonny Searle.[5]

See also

• Italy national rowing team

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Carmine Abbagnale". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
2. "Abbagnale new Italian Rowing president". worldrowing.com. 30 November 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2020. The Italian Rowing Federation has a new president. He is Giuseppe Abbagnale, the three-time Olympic medallist and from Italy’s most famed rowing family of Carmine, Agostino and Giuseppe Abbagnale.
3. "1984 Summer Olympics – Los Angeles, United States – Rowing" Archived 17 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com. Retrieved on 13 May 2008.
4. "1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Rowing" Archived 31 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com. Retrieved on 13 May 2008.
5. "1992 Summer Olympics – Barcelona, Spain – Rowing" Archived 23 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com. Retrieved on 13 May 2008.

External links

• Carmine Abbagnale at International Olympic Committee
• Carmine Abbagnale at Italian Olympic Committee (in Italian)
• Carmine Abbagnale at Olympedia
• Carmine Abbagnale at FISA
• Carmine Abbagnale at Munzinger Sports Archives (in German)