Internat. Championships - 1989

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.

Gold medal WRC Bled 1989

Bronze medal WRC Lake Barrinton 1990

Silver medal WRC Vienna 1991

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

Elisabeta Lipa won five gold medals

at Olympic Games:

W2X at OG Los Angeles 1984

W1X at OG Barcelona 1992

W8+ at OG Atlanta 1996

W8+ at OG Sydney 2000

W8+ at OG Athens 2004

She also won the W1X gold

medal at WRC Bled 1989