Antonio Rossi
Italian association football player
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| Intro | Italian association football player | ||
| Places | Italy | ||
| is | Athlete Football player Association football player | ||
| Work field | Sports | ||
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| Birth | 10 June 1933, Vaiano, Province of Prato, Tuscany, Italy | ||
| Age | 91 years | ||
| Star sign | Gemini | ||
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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).
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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.