Francesco Uberti (born 15 January 1962) is an Italian

sprint canoer Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water. Overview Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are som ...

who competed in the mid-1980s. He won a bronze medal in the K-2 10000 m event at the

1985 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 1985 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Mechelen, Belgium. The men's competition consisted of six canoe (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak A kayak is a small, narrow watercraft which is typically propelled by means of ...

Mechelen Mechelen (; french: Malines ; traditional English name: MechlinMechelen has been known in English as ''Mechlin'', from where the adjective ''Mechlinian'' is derived. This name may still be used, especially in a traditional or historical contex ...

. Uberti also competed 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 secon ...

in Los Angeles, finishing fourth in the K-2 500 m and sixth in the K-2 1000 m events.

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* * * 1962 births Canoeists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Italian male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists of Italy ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak 20th-century Italian people {{Italy-canoe-bio-stub