Alessandro Campagna (water polo)

Alessandro Campagna (born 26 June 1963) is an Italian former water polo player who competed at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics. He is now the head coach of the Italy men's national water polo team.

Alessandro Campagna
Campagna as head coach of Italian men's national water polo team at 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Personal information
Born (1963-06-26) 26 June 1963
Siracusa, Italy
Medal record
Olympic Games
1992 BarcelonaTeam
World Championships
1994 RomaTeam
1986 MadridTeam
European Championships
1993 SheffieldTeam
1987 StrasbourgTeam
1989 BonnTeam

Campagna won a gold medal at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992. As a head coach, he led Italy men's national team to win two medals in 2012 and 2016, becoming one of a few sportspeople who won Olympic medals in water polo as players and head coaches.[1][2]

He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2019.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Alessandro Campagna". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 6 April 2011.
  2. "Alessandro Campagna (ITA)". ishof.org. ISHOF. Retrieved 5 May 2020.


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