Oreste Perri

Oreste Perri

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Personal information
Born	(1951-06-27) 27 June 1951 Castelverde, Lombardy, Italy
Mayor of Cremona
In office 23 June 2009 – 12 June 2014
Preceded by	Gian Carlo Corada
Succeeded by	Gianluca Galimberti
Personal details
Party	The People of Freedom
Medal record Men's canoe sprint Representing Italy World Championships Gold medal – first place 1974 Mexico City K-1 10000 m Gold medal – first place 1975 Belgrade K-1 1000 m Gold medal – first place 1975 Belgrade K-1 10000 m Gold medal – first place 1977 Sofia K-1 10000 m Bronze medal – third place 1974 Mexico City K-1 1000 m Bronze medal – third place 1977 Sofia K-1 1000 m

Oreste Perri (born 27 June 1951) is an Italian sprint canoeist (and later politician) who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s.

Biography

Perri was born in Castelverde, in the province of Cremona. He won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with four golds (K-1 1000 m: 1975 (tied with Poland's Grzegorz Śledziewski, K-1 10000 m: 1974, 1975, 1977) and two bronzes (K-1 1000 m: 1974, 1977).

Perri also competed in three Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fourth twice (1972: K-4 1000 m, 1976: K-1 1000 m). On 22 June 2009, Perri was sworn in as mayor of Cremona, Italy.

External links

• Oreste Perri at Olympedia
• Oreste Perri at Olympics.com