Antonio Rossi

Rossi in 2004
Personal information
Born	December 19, 1968 (1968-12-19) (age 56) Lecco, Italy
Medal record Men'scanoe sprint Representing Italy Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta K-1 500 m 1996 Atlanta K-2 1000 m 2000 Sydney K-2 1000 m 2004 Athens K-2 1000 m 1992 Barcelona K-2 500 m World Championships 1995 Duisburg K-2 1000 m 1997 Dartmouth K-2 1000 m 1998 Szeged K-2 1000 m 1993 Copenhagen K-2 1000 m 1994 Mexico City K-2 1000 m 1998 Szeged K-4 200 m 1997 Dartmouth K-1 500 m

Antonio Rossi (born December 19, 1968) is an Italiansprint canoer who has competed since the early 1990s. Competing in fiveSummer 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).

Rossi was born inLecco. As well as the Olympics, he has also been successful at theICF 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 the2008 Summer Olympics inBeijing. Rossi's wife,Lucia Micheli, competed in theK-4 500 m event at the1992 Summer Olympics inBarcelona. His club isG.S. Fiamme Gialle.

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

• "ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007"(PDF).Archived(PDF) from the original on January 5, 2010. RetrievedMay 23, 2019.
• "ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007"(PDF).Archived(PDF) from the original on 2009-11-09. Retrieved2019-05-23.

• Antonio Rossi atOlympedia
• Antonio Rossi atOlympics.com
• Antonio Rossi at theComitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano(in Italian)
• Official website(in Italian)
• RAI Profile(in Italian)

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

• 1968 births
• Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
• Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
• Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
• Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• Italian male canoeists
• Living people
• Olympic canoeists for Italy
• Olympic gold medalists for Italy
• Olympic silver medalists for Italy
• Olympic bronze medalists for Italy
• Sportspeople from Lecco
• Olympic medalists in canoeing
• Canoeists of Fiamme Gialle
• ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
• Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
• Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
• Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
• 20th-century Italian sportsmen

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