Giovanni De Gennaro (canoeist)
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Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Brescia, Italy | 21 July 1992||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Canoe slalom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | K1, Kayak cross | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | C.S. Carabinieri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Giovanni De Gennaro (born 21 July 1992)[1][2] is an Italian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2008. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Career[edit]
De Gennaro won three medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (K1 team: 2013) a silver (K1: 2022) and a bronze (K1 team: 2011). He also won four medals (1 gold, 2 silvers and 1 bronze) at the European Championships.[3]
De Gennaro competed at two Olympic Games. In his first Olympic participation he finished 7th in the K1 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[2] He then finished 14th in the K1 event at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo after being eliminated in the semifinal.
Personal life[edit]
De Gennaro lives in Roncadelle (Brescia) and he was a member of Corpo Forestale dello Stato, now Carabinieri. His brother Riccardo is a former slalom canoeist. Slalom canoeist Stefanie Horn is Giovanni's sister-in-law.[4]
World Cup individual podiums[edit]
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K1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
Kayak cross | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
Season | Date | Venue | Position | Event |
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2016 | 4 Jun 2016 | Ivrea | 1st | K1 |
2017 | 1 Jul 2017 | Markkleeberg | 1st | K1 |
2018 | 9 Sep 2018 | La Seu d'Urgell | 1st | K1 |
2019 | 30 June 2019 | Tacen | 1st | K1 |
2021 | 12 June 2021 | Prague | 2nd | K1 |
2022 | 11 June 2022 | Prague | 2nd | K1 |
28 August 2022 | Pau | 2nd | Kayak cross | |
2023 | 2 June 2023 | Augsburg | 1st | K1 |
9 June 2023 | Prague | 3rd | K1 | |
2024 | 7 June 2024 | Prague | 1st | K1 |
References[edit]
- ^ "Giovanni De Gennaro". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Giovanni De Gennaro". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
- ^ "Giovanni DE GENNARO (ITA)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
- ^ "Giovanni De Gennaro (ITA)". CanoeICF.com. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
External links[edit]
- Giovanni De Gennaro at the International Canoe Federation
- Giovanni De Gennaro at Olympics.com
- Giovanni De Gennaro at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Giovanni De Gemmaro at CanoeSlalom.net