Filippo Mondelli Explained

Filippo Mondelli
Birth Date:18 June 1994
Birth Place:Como, Italy
Death Place:Cernobbio, Italy
Nationality:Italian
Height:1.85 m
Weight:86 kg
Country:Italy
Sport:Rowing
Event:Double sculls, Quadruple sculls
Club:Fiamme Gialle[1]
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Filippo Mondelli (18 June 1994 – 29 April 2021) was an Italian rower, gold medallist at the 2018 European Rowing Championships[2] and at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in the men's quadruple sculls.

In February 2020 he was reported to be suffering from osteosarcoma in his left leg.[3] [4] He died in Cernobbio in April 2021, at the age of 26.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Canottaggio - Schede atleti. fiammegialle.org. it. 18 May 2020.
  2. News: Mondelli oro europeo . it . La Provincia . 4 August 2018 . 9 August 2018 .
  3. News: it. Filippo Mondelli, il campione di canottaggio ucciso da un osteosarcoma ad appena 26 anni. Marco Bonarrigo. 29 April 2021. 11 May 2021. Corriere della Sera.
  4. Web site: Filippo Mondelli : the race of his life . worldrowing.com . 22 February 2020 . 21 February 2020.
  5. News: Ex world rowing champ Mondelli dies of cancer at 26. 29 April 2021. Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata.