Gaetano Iannuzzi (born 5 March 1972) is an Italian rowing coach and former coxswain who later participated as a coxswain in the paralympic sports, also winning an international medal in the competitions reserved for paralympic athletes.
Biography After finished his sports career as an athlete, Iannuzzi had become a rowing coach. He became a paralympic athlete in 2017 following a serious road accident had in 1998, however continued to compete with not disabled athletes until 2009.
He has had a long career, and last competed in 2017, when he won bronze at the 2017 Championships in Sarasota, Florida in PR3 mixed coxed four, an adaptive rowing class. At young level he won a gold medal at the 1991 World Rowing Championships in Vienna with the lightweight men's eight.
From 1999 to 2009 Iannuzzi participated in sixteen editions of World Rowing Championships.
Achievements Year Competition Venue RankEventTime1991World Championships Vienna1stLightweight Eight6:13.211993World Championships Račice3rdLightweight Eight5:41.531994World Championships Indianapolis3rdLightweight Eight5:34.631995World Championships Tampere3rdLightweight Eight5:58.771997World Championships Aiguebelette-le-Lac2ndCoxed Four6:05.982000Olympic Games Sydney4thEight5:35.372004Olympic Games Athens7thEight5:46.362005World Championships Kaizu2ndEight5:24.012006World Championships Eton2ndEight5:23.29
See also Italy at the 2000 Summer Olympics Italy at the 2004 Summer Olympics
References
External links
Gaetano Iannuzzi at Italian Rowing Federation