Antonio Rossi (born December 19, 1968) is an Italian sprint canoer who has competed since the early 1990s. Competing in five

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, he won five medals which included three golds (K-1 500 m:

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, K-2 1000 m: 1996,

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), one silver (K-2 1000 m:

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), and one bronze (K-2 500 m:

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). He also designs and produces a variety of clothing, such as high quality underwear.

Biography

Rossi was born in

Lecco Lecco (, , ; lmo, label=Lecchese, Lècch ) is a city of 48,131 inhabitants in Lombardy, northern Italy, north of Milan. It lies at the end of the south-eastern branch of Lake Como (the branch is named ''Branch of Lecco'' / ''Ramo di Lecco''). ...

. As well as the Olympics, he has also been successful at the

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with seven medals. This includes three golds (K-2 1000 m:

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), three silvers (K-2 1000 m:

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; K-4 200 m: 1998), and one bronze (K-1 500 m: 1997). He was the Italian flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the

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. Rossi's wife,

Lucia Micheli Lucia Micheli (born 4 April 1969) is an Italian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1990s. She was eliminated in the semifinals of K-4 500 m event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Micheli is the wife of fellow Italian sprint canoer ...

, competed in the K-4 500 m event at the

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. His clus is G.S. Fiamme Gialle.

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Biography

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