Oreste Perri
Italian sprint canoeist and politician
Oreste Perri, was an Italian sprint canoeist and politician. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1951-06-27) 27 June 1951 (age 73) Castelverde, Lombardy, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mayor of Cremona | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 23 June 2009 – 12 June 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Gian Carlo Corada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Gianluca Galimberti | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Political party | The People of Freedom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Oreste Perri (born 27 June 1951) is an Italian sprint canoeist (and later politician) who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s.
Biography
Perri was born in Castelverde, in the province of Cremona. He won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with four golds (K-1 1000 m: 1975 (tied with Poland's Grzegorz Śledziewski, K-1 10000 m: 1974, 1975, 1977) and two bronzes (K-1 1000 m: 1974, 1977).
Perri also competed in three Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fourth twice (1972: K-4 1000 m, 1976: K-1 1000 m). On 22 June 2009, Perri was sworn in as mayor of Cremona, Italy.
References
- "Profile as Cremona's mayor". comune.cremona.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 21 August 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
- Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). "Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007)" (PDF). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–83. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 May 2018.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Oreste Perri". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
External links
- Oreste Perri at Olympedia
- Oreste Perri at Olympics.com
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Preceded by Gian Carlo Corada | Mayor of Cremona 2009-2014 | Succeeded by |
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- 1938: Karl Widmark (SWE)
- 1950: Gert Fredriksson (SWE)
- 1954: Gert Fredriksson (SWE)
- 1958: Fritz Briel (GER)
- 1963: Erik Hansen (DEN)
- 1966: Aleksandr Shaparenko (URS)
- 1970: Aleksandr Shaparenko (URS)
- 1971: Grzegorz Śledziewski (POL)
- 1973: Géza Csapó (HUN)
- 1974: Géza Csapó (HUN)
- 1975:(tie) Oreste Perri (ITA) and Grzegorz Śledziewski (POL)
- 1977: Vasile Dîba (ROU)
- 1978: Rüdiger Helm (GDR)
- 1979: Rüdiger Helm (GDR)
- 1981: Rüdiger Helm (GDR)
- 1982: Rüdiger Helm (GDR)
- 1983: Rüdiger Helm (GDR)
- 1985: Ferenc Csipes (HUN)
- 1986: Jeremy West (GBR)
- 1987: Greg Barton (USA)
- 1989: Zsolt Gyulay (HUN)
- 1990: Knut Holmann (NOR)
- 1991: Knut Holmann (NOR)
- 1993: Knut Holmann (NOR)
- 1994: Clint Robinson (AUS)
- 1995: Knut Holmann (NOR)
- 1997: Botond Storcz (HUN)
- 1998: Lutz Liwowski (GER)
- 1999: Lutz Liwowski (GER)
- 2001: Bâbak Amir-Tahmasseb (FRA)
- 2002: Eirik Verås Larsen (NOR)
- 2003: Ben Fouhy (NZL)
- 2005: Eirik Verås Larsen (NOR)
- 2006: Markus Oscarsson (SWE)
- 2007: Tim Brabants (GBR)
- 2009: Max Hoff (GER)
- 2010: Max Hoff (GER)
- 2011: Adam van Koeverden (CAN)
- 2013: Max Hoff (GER)
- 2014: Josef Dostál (CZE)
- 2015: René Holten Poulsen (DEN)
- 2017: Tom Liebscher (GER)
- 2018: Fernando Pimenta (POR)
- 2019: Bálint Kopasz (HUN)
- 2021: Fernando Pimenta (POR)
- 2022: Bálint Kopasz (HUN)
- 2023: Fernando Pimenta (POR)