Three years ago the Olympics gave Italy great satisfaction. Because in addition to the sports in which we have always had our say, we also excelled in athletics, the queen of the five-ring sports. It is impossible to forget the feats of Marcell Jacobs in the 100 meters, of 4×100 and of Gianmarco Tamberi in the high jump. Now a new Olympic event is approaching and Italy – also fresh from excellent results at the European Athletics Championships – is preparing to play a leading role in Paris 2024.
Without forgetting other great champions who will wear the blue, starting from Jannik Sinner, fresh from world number one.
Paris 2024 Olympics: calendar
The Paris 2024 Olympics begin Friday 26 July 2024 with the inauguration ceremony. In reality, however, some sports will start early. Football, handball, rugby 7s and archery will have their first tests two days before, Wednesday, July 24, 2024.
Then, from that moment on, every day there will be everything to please all sports fans as always, untilAugust 11, 2024the date on which the five-circle review will end.
Here is the complete calendar and all the Italian athletes competing
From Cremona to Paris 2024: the athletes competing
He is one the athlete who the Coni official website matches the province of Cremona (by place of birth) at the next 2024 Olympics. This is Giacomo Gentili who will compete in the discipline of boating.
Giacomo Gentili – rowing
Here is his Form:
- Date of birth: 03/07/1997
- Birth place: Cremona
- Specialties: 4 pairs (4x)
- First Company: Leonida Bissolati Rowers
- Society: Yellow Flames
- First Technician: Luigi Arrigoni
- Technician: Francis Cattaneo
- Other sports: Rugby
- Marital status: Single
- Olympic Club: Yes
- Olympic Participations: 1 (Tokyo 2020)
His Biography official:
“In 2015 he won the junior gold medal at the World and European Championships in the single, before moving on to the quadruple scull in the absolute category, winning the title of European champion (2018, 2021, 2022 and 2024) and World champion (2018). If he hadn’t approached rowing he would have wanted to become a rugby player, but it was his father who showed him the way by inviting him to row in the Bissolati club in Cremona. Then, when his talent was evident and his passion was growing stronger, he decided to enter the college in Piediluco, with the opportunity to study and train in the group of Agostino Abbagnale, his role model. After the fifth place in Tokyo 2020, in Paris he and his teammates want to amaze.”
And the palmares:
Olympic Games
- 5th Tokyo (JPN) 2020 – 4th sculls
World Championships
- 10th Aiguebelette (FRA) 2015 – Double
- 12th Sarasota (USA) 2017 – 4 pairs
- 1st Plovdiv (BUL) 2018 – 4 pairs
- 3rd Linz (AUT) 2019 – 4th pair
- 3° Račice (CZE) 2022 – 4 cups
- 2nd Belgrade (SRB) 2023 – 4 pairs
European Championships
- 3° Račice (CZE) 2017 – 4 cups
- 1st Glasgow (GBR) 2018 – 4 pairs
- 2nd Lucerne (SUI) 2019 – 4 of the pair
- 2nd Poznan (POL) 2020 – 4 pairs
- 1st Varese (ITA) 2021 – 4 pairs
- 1st Monaco (GER) 2022 – 4 of pair
- 3rd Bled (SLO) 2023 – 4 pairs
- 1st Szeged (HUN) 2024 – 4th sculls
