Carmine Abbagnale (born 5 January 1962 in Pompei) is an Italian competition

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and Olympic champion. The Abbagnale brothers are the older brothers of the three-time Olympic champion Agostino.

Biography

Abbagnale received a gold medal in coxed pairs, with

Giuseppe Di Capua Giuseppe "Peppiniello" Di Capua (born 15 March 1958) is an Italian competition rowing coxswain and Olympic champion. Biography Di Capua was born in Salerno. He received a gold medal in coxed pairs as cox, with Giuseppe Abbagnale and Carmine A ...

(cox) and his older brother

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, at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the sec ...

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1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

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."1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Rowing"
databaseOlympics.com. Retrieved on 13 May 2008. The crew won silver medals at the

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 ...

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behind another pair of brothers,

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and

Jonny Searle Jonathan "Jonny" William C. Searle (born 8 May 1969) is a British rower and business man. Along with his brother Gregory, and coxswain Garry Herbert, Searle won the gold medal in the coxed pair event at the Olympic Games in Barcelona. Early ...

."1992 Summer Olympics – Barcelona, Spain – Rowing"
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Abbagnale, Carmine 1962 births Living people Italian male rowers Olympic rowers of Italy Olympic gold medalists for Italy Rowers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in rowing World Rowing Championships medalists for Italy Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Italy Thomas Keller Medal recipients People from Pompei Competitors at the 1991 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 1993 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in rowing Sportspeople from the Province of Naples

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