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Sandro Campagna

Sandro Campagna
Campagna as head coach of Italian men's national water polo team at 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Personal information
Full nameAlessandro Campagna
Born (1963-06-26) 26 June 1963 (age 61)
Siracusa, Italy
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona Team
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1994 Roma Team
Silver medal – second place 1986 Madrid Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1993 Sheffield Team
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Strasbourg Team
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Bonn Team

Alessandro "Sandro" Campagna (born 26 June 1963) is an Italian former water polo player who competed at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics. He is now the head coach of the Italy men's national water polo team.

Career

Campagna won a gold medal at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992. As a head coach, he led Italy men's national team to win two medals in 2012 and 2016, becoming one of a few sportspeople who won Olympic medals in water polo as players and head coaches he then quit participating in the olympics because of the death of his wife in 2017. She died from a stroke.[1][2]

He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2019.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alessandro Campagna". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 6 April 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Alessandro Campagna (ITA)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandro_Campagna