Giovanni Calabrese

Giovanni Calabrese is an Italian rower who competed at three Olympic Games.
He is married to Paola Grizzetti, 6th in rowing at Los Angeles 1984, and his daughter Valentina is also a rower, silver medal at senior level at the 2010 European Rowing Championships, he is her coach.

Biography

Calabrese was twice world rowing champion; in 1987, he won in the lightweight double scull in Copenhagen, and ten years later in 1997, he won with the quad scull in Aiguebelette. He won a bronze medal in the double sculls event at the 2000 Summer Olympics, together with teammate Nicola Sartori.