Beniamino Bonomi (born 9 March 1968) is an Italian

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who competed from the late 1980s to the mid-2000s (decade). Competing in five

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, he won four medals with one gold (

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: K-2 1000 m) and three silvers (

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: K-1 1000 m, K-2 500 m;

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: K-2 1000 m).

Biography

Bonomi also won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-2 500 m:

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) and six silvers (K-1 1000 m:

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, K-1 10000 m:

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, K-2 200 m: 1997,

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; K-2 500 m: 1997, K-4 200 m: 1998). He was member of the Gruppo Nautico Fiamme Gialle club. He is 181 cm (5'11") tall and races at 81 kg (180 lbs).

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* * 1968 births Living people People from Verbania Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Italian male canoeists Olympic canoeists for Italy Olympic gold medalists for Italy Olympic silver medalists for Italy Olympic medalists in canoeing Canoeists of Fiamme Gialle ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games medalists in canoeing Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Competitors at the 1997 Mediterranean Games Sportspeople from the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola 20th-century Italian people {{Italy-canoe-bio-stub