Simone Raineri

Simone Raineri

File:Simone Raineri.jpg
Personal information
Born	(1977-02-07) 7 February 1977
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Men's rowing
Club	Fiamme Gialle
Medal record Men's rowing Representing Italy Olympic Games Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Quadruple sculls Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Quadruple sculls World Rowing Championships Silver medal – second place 2010 Karapiro Quadruple sculls Bronze medal – third place 2001 Lucerne Quadruple sculls Bronze medal – third place 2002 Seville Quadruple sculls European Rowing Championships Silver medal – second place 2007 Poznań Quadruple sculls Bronze medal – third place 2013 Seville Quadruple sculls Mediterranean Games Gold medal – first place 2005 Almería Single sculls

Simone Raineri (born 7 February 1977 in Bozzolo, Mantua) is an Italian competition rower and Olympic champion.

He received a gold medal in quadruple sculls at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, together with Agostino Abbagnale, Rossano Galtarossa, and Alessio Sartori.

In the same event, he went on to win a European silver in 2007 and three World Championship medals – a bronze at Lucerne in 2001, another bronze at Sevilla in 2003, and a silver at Cambridge in 2010. After a disappointing 2004 Olympics, Raineri helped Italy’s quad win silver behind Poland at the 2008 Beijing Games, before competing at his fourth Olympics in London in 2012.