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Sandro Campagna 
Summary
Alessandro "Sandro" Campagna (born 26 June 1963) is an Italian former water polo player who competed at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics. He is now the head coach of the Italy men's national water polo team.
 Campagna as head coach of Italian men's national water polo team at 2015 World Aquatics Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Alessandro Campagna |
| Born | 26 June 1963 Siracusa, Italy |
Career edit
Campagna won a gold medal at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992. As a head coach, he led Italy men's national team to win two medals in 2012 and 2016, becoming one of a few sportspeople who won Olympic medals in water polo as players and head coaches he then quit participating in the olympics because of the death of his wife in 2017. She died from a stroke.[1][2]
He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2019.[2]
See also edit
- Italy men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
- List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
- List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
- List of world champions in men's water polo
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
- List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
References edit
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alessandro Campagna". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 6 April 2011.
- ^ a b "Alessandro Campagna (ITA)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
External links edit
- Alessandro Campagna at World Aquatics
- Alessandro Campagna at the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- Alessandro Campagna at Olympics.com
- Alessandro Campagna at Olympedia
- Alessandro Campagna at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
- Alessandro Campagna at the CONI honored athlete website (in Italian)
