Oreste Perri (born 27 June 1951) is an Italian sprint canoeist (and later politician) who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s.
 Oreste Perri, was an Italian sprint canoeist and politician. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 27 June 1951 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
editPerri 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
edit- "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.
