Alessandro "Sandro" Campagna (born 26 June 1963) is an Italian former

water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...

player who competed at the

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and

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

. He is now the head coach of the

Italy men's national water polo team The Italian national water polo team represents Italy in men's international water polo competitions and is controlled by Federnuoto (the Italian Aquatics Federation). The national men's team has the nickname of "Settebello", a reference to both t ...

Career

Campagna won a gold medal at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992. As a head coach, he led Italy men's national team to win two medals in 2012 and 2016, becoming one of a few sportspeople who won Olympic medals in water polo as players and head coaches he then quit participating in the olympics because of the death of his wife in 2017. She died from a stroke. He was inducted into the

International Swimming Hall of Fame The International Swimming Hall of Fame and Museum (ISHOF) is a history museum and hall of fame, located at One Hall of Fame Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, operated by private interests and serving as the central point for the stu ...

in 2019.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Campagna, Sandro 1963 births Living people Italian male water polo players Olympic water polo players of Italy Water polo players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in water polo Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo Italian water polo coaches Greece men's national water polo team coaches Italy men's national water polo team coaches Water polo coaches at the 2004 Summer Olympics Water polo coaches at the 2008 Summer Olympics Water polo coaches at the 2012 Summer Olympics Water polo coaches at the 2016 Summer Olympics Water polo coaches at the 2020 Summer Olympics People from Syracuse, Sicily Sportspeople from the Province of Syracuse

Career

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