Internat. Championships - 1985

This crew dominated the M2+ event between 1981

and 1991 by winning the gold medal at two Olympic

Games and seven World Rowing Championships:

WRC Munich 1981, WRC Lucerne 1982, Olympic

Games Los Angeles 1984, WRC Hazewinkel 1985,

WRC Copenhagen 1987, Olympic Games Seoul 1988,

WRC Bled 1989, WRC Tasmania 1990 and WRC Vienna

1991. In the M2+ final of the Olympic Games Barcelona

1992 the Abbagnale brothers lost against the Searle 

brothers of Great Britain in an epic battle and won the

silver medal. 

Giuseppe Abbagnale was elected president of the Italian

Rowing Federation in 2012.

W1X World Champion 1983 WRC Duisburg

W4X World Champion 1985 WRC Hazewinkel

W1X World Champion 1986 WRC Nottingham

W4X World Champion 1987 WRC Copenhagen

W1X Olympic Champion 1988 OG Seoul

W4X World Champion 1989 WRC Bled

The GDR boycott of the Olympic Games 1984

interrupted a series of six gold medals from

1983 - 1989

Gold medal WRC Munich 1981

Gold medal WRC Lucerne 1982

Gold medal OG Los Angeles 1984

Gold medal WRC Hazewinkel 1985

Gold medal WRC Copenhagen 1987

Gold medal OG Seoul 1988

Gold medal WRC Bled 1989

Gold medal WRC Lake Barrington 1990

Gold medal WRC Vienna 1991

Silver medal OG Barcelona 1992