Oreste Perri (born 27 June 1951) is an Italian sprint canoeist (and later

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) who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s.

Biography

Perri was born in Castelverde, in the

province of Cremona The Province of Cremona ( it, provincia di Cremona; Cremunés: ; Cremasco: ; Casalasco-Viadanese: ) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital city is Cremona. The province occupies the central section of Padana Plain, so the ...

. He won six medals at the

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with four golds (K-1 1000 m:

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

(tied with

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Grzegorz Śledziewski Grzegorz Śledziewski (born 18 July 1950) is a Polish sprint canoeist who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s. He won fifteen medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds (K-1 1000 m: 1971, ...

, K-1 10000 m:

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, 1975, 1977) and two bronzes (K-1 1000 m: 1974, 1977). Perri also competed in three

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, earning his best finish of fourth twice (

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

: K-4 1000 m,

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

: K-1 1000 m). On 22 June 2009, Perri was sworn in as

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Cremona Cremona (, also ; ; lmo, label= Cremunés, Cremùna; egl, Carmona) is a city and ''comune'' in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po river in the middle of the ''Pianura Padana'' ( Po Valley). It is the capital of th ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Perri, Oreste 1951 births Living people Sportspeople from the Province of Cremona Canoeists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Italian male canoeists Olympic canoeists of Italy ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Mayors of Cremona Canoeists of Marina Militare 20th-century Italian people