Mario Paonessa Explained

Mario Paonessa
Nationality:Italian
Birth Date:9 December 1990
Birth Place:Vico Equense, Campania, Italy
Country:Italy
Sport:Rowing
Club:Fiamme Gialle[1]

Mario Paonessa (born 9 December 1990) is an Italian rower.[2] A two-time World Championship medallist, he competed in the men's four at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and the men's eight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3] [4]

Career

Paonessa began rowing at the age of nine, encouraged by his father who was also a rower.[5]

In 2008, he was part of the Italian junior quadruple sculls team that won silver at the World Championships.[6] He was then part of the Italian under-23 men's four that won the U23 World title in 2010.[7] A year later, his team won silver in the same event.[8]

His first senior medal was a bronze medal at the 2011 European Championships in the men's four.[9] It was also in this event that he made his Olympic debut in 2012. In 2012 he was also part of the Italian men's eight that won silver medal at the European Championships.[10]

At the 2016 World Championships, Paonessa and Vincenzo Capelli with cox Andrea Riva won the bronze medal in the coxed pair.[11] The following year, Paonessa won another World Championship bronze, this time in the men's eight.[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Canottaggio - Schede atleti. fiammegialle.org. italian. 18 May 2020.
  2. Web site: Mario Paonessa Bio, Stats, and Results Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417100100/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/mario-paonessa-1.html. 17 April 2020. 4 July 2020. Sports Reference.
  3. Web site: 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES - London, GBR - (M4-) Men's Four - Final. 2020-07-03. worldrowing.com. en-US.
  4. Web site: Mario Paonessa . 10 August 2016 . Rio 2016 . 6 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160806050124/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/mario-paonessa . dead .
  5. Web site: Mario PAONESSA. 2020-07-03. worldrowing.com. en-US.
  6. Web site: 2008 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS - Linz Ottensheim, AUT - (JM4x) Junior Men's Quadruple Sculls - Final. 2020-07-03. worldrowing.com. en-US.
  7. Web site: 2010 UNDER 23 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS - Brest, BLR - (BM4-) U23 Men's Four - Final. 2020-07-03. worldrowing.com. en-US.
  8. Web site: 2011 UNDER 23 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS - Amsterdam, NED - (BM4-) U23 Men's Four - Final. 2020-07-03. worldrowing.com. en-US.
  9. Web site: 2011 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS - Plovdiv, BUL - (M4-) Men's Four - Final. 2020-07-03. worldrowing.com. en-US.
  10. Web site: 2012 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS - Varese, ITA - (M8+) Men's Eight - Final. 4 July 2020. worldrowing.com. en-US.
  11. Web site: 2016 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS - Rotterdam, NED - (M2+) Men's Coxed Pair - Final. 2020-07-03. worldrowing.com. en-US.
  12. Web site: 2017 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS -Sarasota-Bradenton, USA - (M8+) Men's Eight - Final. 4 July 2020. worldrowing.com. en-US.

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