Giovanni De Gennaro (canoeist)
Italian slalom canoeist
Giovanni De Gennaro (born 21 July 1992)[ 1] [ 2] is an Italian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2008. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics . He achieved a gold medal in the Men’s slalom K-1 event in the 2024 Summer Olympics .
Career
De Gennaro won three medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (K1 team: 2013 ) a silver (K1: 2022 ) and a bronze (K1 team: 2011 ). He also won four medals (1 gold, 2 silvers and 1 bronze) at the European Championships .[ 3]
De Gennaro has competed at three Olympic Games. In his first Olympic participation he finished 7th in the K1 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro .[ 2] He then finished 14th in the K1 event at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo after being eliminated in the semifinal. His most recent participation in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris resulted in a gold medal in the Men’s slalom K-1 event .
Personal life
De Gennaro lives in Roncadelle (Brescia) and he was a member of Corpo Forestale dello Stato , now Carabinieri . His brother Riccardo is a former slalom canoeist. Slalom canoeist Stefanie Horn is Giovanni's sister-in-law.[ 4]
World Cup individual podiums
Total
K1
6
2
2
10
Kayak cross
0
1
0
1
Total
6
3
2
11
References
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1949 (folding): Switzerland (Werner Zimmermann , Jean Engler & Eduard Kunz )
1951 (folding): Austria (Hans Frühwirth , Rudolf Pillwein & Othmar Eiterer )
1953 (folding): Austria (Franz Grafetsberger , Hans Herbist & Rudolf Sausgruber )
1955 (folding): West Germany (Manfred Vogt , Sigi Holzbauer & Alois Würfmannsdobler )
1957 (folding): East Germany (Heinz Bielig , Eberhard Gläser & Reinhard Sens )
1959 (folding): East Germany (Eberhard Gläser , Heinz Bielig & Günther Möbius )
1961 (folding): East Germany (Horst Wängler , Eberhard Gläser & Roland Hahnebach )
1963 (folding): East Germany (Eberhard Gläser , Rolf Luber & Fritz Lange )
1965: West Germany (Manfred Vogt , Eugen Weimann & Horst Dieter Engelke )
1967: East Germany (Jürgen Bremer , Christian Döring & Volkmar Fleischer )
1969: France (Patrick Maccari , Claude Peschier & Alain Colombe )
1971: Austria (Kurt Presslmayr , Norbert Sattler & Hans Schlecht )
1973: East Germany (Wolfgang Büchner , Siegbert Horn & Christian Döring )
1975: West Germany (Ulrich Peters , Dieter Förstl & Bernd Dichtl )
1977: France (Jean-Yves Prigent , Bernard Renault & Christian Frossard )
1979: Great Britain (Richard Fox , Albert Kerr & Allan Edge )
1981: Great Britain (Richard Fox , Albert Kerr & Nicolas Wain )
1983: Great Britain (Richard Fox , Paul McConkey & Jim Dolan )
1985: West Germany (Peter Micheler , Toni Prijon & Jürgen Kübler )
1987: Great Britain (Richard Fox , Melvyn Jones & Russell Smith )
1989: Yugoslavia (Jernej Abramič , Marjan Štrukelj & Albin Čižman )
1991: France (Manuel Brissaud , Gilles Clouzeau & Jean-Michel Regnier )
1993: Great Britain (Richard Fox , Melvyn Jones & Shaun Pearce )
1995: Germany (Jochen Lettmann , Thomas Becker & Oliver Fix )
1997: Great Britain (Paul Ratcliffe , Ian Raspin , & Shaun Pearce )
1999: Germany (Thomas Becker , Ralf Schaberg & Jakobus Stenglein )
2002: Germany (Claus Suchanek , Thomas Becker & Thomas Schmidt )
2003: Switzerland (Thomas Mosimann , Mathias Röthenmund & Michael Kurt )
2005: France (Julien Billaut , Fabien Lefèvre & Benoît Peschier )
2006: France (Fabien Lefèvre , Julien Billaut & Boris Neveu )
2007: Germany (Fabian Dörfler , Alexander Grimm & Erik Pfannmöller )
2009: Czech Republic (Ivan Pišvejc , Vavřinec Hradilek & Michal Buchtel )
2010: Germany (Alexander Grimm , Fabian Dörfler & Hannes Aigner )
2011: Germany (Sebastian Schubert , Hannes Aigner & Alexander Grimm )
2013: Italy (Daniele Molmenti , Andrea Romeo & Giovanni De Gennaro )
2014: France (Mathieu Biazizzo , Sébastien Combot & Boris Neveu )
2015: Czech Republic (Jiří Prskavec , Vavřinec Hradilek & Ondřej Tunka )
2017: Czech Republic (Jiří Prskavec , Ondřej Tunka & Vít Přindiš )
2018: Great Britain (Joseph Clarke , Bradley Forbes-Cryans & Christopher Bowers )
2019: Spain (David Llorente , Samuel Hernanz & Joan Crespo )
2021: France (Boris Neveu , Mathieu Biazizzo & Benjamin Renia )
2022: Germany (Hannes Aigner , Noah Hegge & Stefan Hengst )
2023: Czech Republic (Jiří Prskavec , Vít Přindiš & Jakub Krejčí )