- Oreste Perri
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Medal record Men's canoe sprint World Championships Gold 1974 Mexico City K-1 10000 m Gold 1975 Belgrade K-1 1000 m Gold 1975 Belgrade K-1 10000 m Gold 1977 Sofia K-1 10000 m Bronze 1974 Mexico City K-1 1000 m Bronze 1977 Sofia K-1 1000 m Oreste Perri (born June 27, 1951) is an Italian sprint canoer (and later politician) who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s.
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
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936-2007.
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.
- Profile as Cremona's mayor. - accessed 17 September 2009. (Italian)
- Sports-reference.com profile
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)1938: Karl Widmark (SWE) * 1938: (folding) Arne Bogren (SWE) * 1950: Thorvald Stromberg (FIN) * 1954: Ferenc Hatlaczky (HUN) * 1958: Thorvald Stromberg (FIN) * 1963: Fritz Briel (GER) * 1966: Mihály Hesz (HUN) * 1970: Viktor Carev (URS) * 1971: Viktor Carev (URS) * 1973: Aleksandr Shaparenko (URS) * 1974: Oreste Perri (ITA) * 1975: Oreste Perri (ITA) * 1977: Oreste Perri (ITA) * 1978: Milan Janić (YUG) * 1979: Milan Janić (YUG) * 1981: Einar Rasmussen (NOR) * 1982: Milan Janić (YUG) * 1983: Einar Rasmussen (NOR) * 1985: Greg Barton (USA) * 1986: Ferenc Csipes (HUN) * 1987: Greg Barton (USA) * 1989: Attila Szabó (TCH) * 1990: Philippe Boccara (FRA) * 1991: Greg Barton (USA) * 1993: Thor Nielsen (DEN)Categories:- 1951 births
- Living people
- People from the Province of Cremona
- Canoeists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Italian canoeists
- Italian politicians
- Olympic canoeists of Italy
- Italian canoeist stubs
- Italian politician stubs
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