Gian Piero Galeazzi (18 May 1946 – 12 November 2021), also known as Giampiero Galeazzi, was an Italian competition

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, sport journalist, commentator, and television personality.

Life and career

Born in Rome, Galeazzi graduated in statistics, then he was a competition rower, becoming a junior world champion and participating in

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in 1968.Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni. ''Enciclopedia della Televisione''. Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. . He was hired by

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as a sports journalist in 1972, and he was for years a commenter of rowing, tennis and soccer. In 1992 he started hosting the most important RAI sport program of the time, '' 90º minuto'', and from 1994 he also proposed himself as an entertainer in the variety show ''

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''. Galeazzi died on 12 November 2021, at the age of 75, due to complications from

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* 1946 births 2021 deaths Rowers from Rome Writers from Rome Italian television personalities Rowers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for Italy Italian male rowers Italian sports journalists Italian sports commentators Deaths from diabetes {{Italy-rowing-bio-stub