Luciano Negrini (22 June 1920 – 12 December 2012) was an Italian

rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is di ...

who competed in the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

. He was born in

Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...

. In 1936 he won the silver medal as

coxswain The coxswain ( , or ) is the person in charge of a boat, particularly its navigation and steering. The etymology of the word gives a literal meaning of "boat servant" since it comes from ''cock'', referring to the cockboat, a type of ship's boat ...

of the Italian boat in the coxed pairs event.

References

Luciano Negrini's profile at Sports Reference.com
1920 births 2012 deaths Italian male rowers Coxswains (rowing) Olympic rowers for Italy Rowers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Italy Sportspeople from Venice Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics {{Italy-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub