Rossano Galtarossa (born 6 July 1972 in

Padua Padua ( ; it, Padova ; vec, Pàdova) is a city and ''comune'' in Veneto, northern Italy. Padua is on the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice. It is the capital of the province of Padua. It is also the economic and communications hub of the ...

) is an Italian competition

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and Olympic champion. He received a gold medal in ''quadruple sculls'' at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

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, together with

Agostino Abbagnale Agostino Abbagnale (born 25 August 1966) is an Italian rower and triple Olympic gold medalist. He is the younger brother of multiple Olympic medalists Carmine Abbagnale and Giuseppe Abbagnale. Biography Abbagnale was born in Pompei. He won ...

Simone Raineri Simone Raineri (born 7 February 1977 in Bozzolo, Mantua) is an Italian competition rower and Olympic champion. He received a gold medal in ''quadruple sculls'' at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the st ...

, and

Alessio Sartori Alessio Sartori (born 13 November 1976) is an Italian competition rower and Olympic champion. Biography He received a gold medal in quadruple sculls at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, together with Agostino Abbagnale, Simone Raineri, and R ...

."2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Rowing"
(Retrieved on 13 May 2008) He received a silver medal in ''quadruple sculls'' at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

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."2008 Summer Olympics – Beijing, China – Rowing"
(Retrieved on 8 July 2013) He received a bronze medal in ''quadruple sculls'' at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

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"1992 Summer Olympics – Barcelona, Spain – Rowing"
(Retrieved on 13 May 2008) and in ''double sculls'' at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

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, with

."2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Rowing"
(Retrieved on 13 May 2008)

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* * * 1972 births Living people Sportspeople from Padua Italian male rowers Olympic rowers for Italy Olympic gold medalists for Italy Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Olympic silver medalists for Italy Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for Italy Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics {{Italy-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub