Ivo Stefanoni (born 5 June 1936) is an Italian rowing

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and Olympic champion. Stefanoni was born in

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in 1936, and he rowed with GS Moto Guzzi. At the 1956 European Rowing Championships, Stefanoni won a bronze medal with the coxed four. Later that year, he received a gold medal in the coxed four event at the

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, together with Alberto Winkler, Angelo Vanzin, Romano Sgheiz and Franco Trincavelli."1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Rowing"
(Retrieved on 14 May 2008) For the 1957 European Rowing Championships, Stefanoni changed to the eight and won gold; he repeated this success at the 1958 European Rowing Championships. At the

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, he won the bronze medal with the Italian boat in the

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competition. For the

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, Stefanoni was back in the eight and they won gold. Three rowers from the 1961 crew remained with the Italian eight that competed at the

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and came sixth: Giampietro Gilardi, Sereno Brunello and Stefanoni.

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1936 births Living people Italian male rowers Olympic rowers for Italy Olympic gold medalists for Italy Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Rowers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Coxswains (rowing) European Rowing Championships medalists People from Mandello del Lario {{Italy-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub