Giovanni Zucchi

Giovanni Zucchi (14 August 1931 – 19 January 2021) was an Italian rower who competed in the 1956, 1960, and the 1964 Summer Olympics, winning bronze in 1960. He won five gold medals at European Rowing Championships.[1]

Giovanni Zucchi
Personal information
Born(1931-08-14)14 August 1931
Mandello del Lario, Italy
Died19 January 2021(2021-01-19) (aged 89)
Height167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Sport
SportRowing
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Italy
Bronze medal – third place 1960 Rome Coxed four
European Rowing Championships
Gold medal – first place 1954 Amsterdam Coxless four
Gold medal – first place 1956 Bled Coxless four
Gold medal – first place 1957 Duisburg Eight
Gold medal – first place 1958 Poznań Eight
Gold medal – first place 1961 Prague Eight
Silver medal – second place 1963 Copenhagen Coxless four
Bronze medal – third place 1964 Amsterdam Coxless four

Zucchi was born in Mandello del Lario.[2]

At the 1954 European Rowing Championships, Zucchi won gold with the coxless four.[3] At the 1956 European Rowing Championships, Zucchi regained his European title.[3] Later that year, he was a crew member of the Italian boat that finished fourth in the coxless four event at the 1956 Summer Olympics.[2]

For the 1957 European Rowing Championships, Zucchi changed to the eight and won gold; he repeated this success at the 1958 European Rowing Championships.[4] At the 1960 Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal with the Italian boat in the coxed four competition.[2]

For the 1961 European Rowing Championships, Zucchi was back in the eight and they won gold.[4] At the 1963 European Rowing Championships, he was part of the coxless four that won silver.[3] At the 1964 European Rowing Championships, his coxless four won bronze.[3] At the 1964 Summer Olympics, he was part of the Italian boat that finished fifth in the coxless four event.[2]

References

  1. "Mandello piange il suo grande campione Giovanni Zucchi".
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Giovanni Zucchi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  3. Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Vierer o.Stm.)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  4. Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Achter)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 29 December 2017.


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