GIOVANNI DE GENNARO
Date of Birth: 21/07/1992
Place of Birth: Brescia
Weight x Height: 85 x 1,87
Speciality: Kayak Cross, Slalom K1
First Club: Canoa Club Brescia
Club: Carabinieri
First Coach: Gianni Zanardello
Coach: Daniele Molmenti
Other Sports: Basketball
Hobby: Music
Relationship Status: Single
Olympic Club: Yes
Olympic Appearances:
3 (Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020, Parigi 2024)
Biography
He played basketball for a few years and then took up karate. He only found his path when he decided to follow his elder brother Riccardo, and since then his passion for nature has been reconciled with his work. He is a big music lover and adores playing the guitar. World championship runner-up in 2022 in Augsburg, Germany, he can already boast two Olympic Games appearances, but things did not always go as he would have liked. In Rio 2016 he finished seventh whilst in Tokyo 2020 he finished fourteenth. An athlete and professional of his calibre can only look to Paris 2024 with a single goal firmly in mind: the podium.
Palmares
Olympic Games
7° Rio (BRA) 2016 - K1
14° Tokyo (JPN) 2020 - K1
1° Parigi (FRA) 2024 - K1
13° Parigi (FRA) 2024 - Kayak Cross
World Championships
45° Bratislava (SVK) 2011 - K1
9° Praga (CZE) 2013 - K1
6° Mchenry (USA) 2014 - K1
12° Lee Valley (GBR) 2015 - K1
35° Pau (FRA) 2017 - K1
8° Rio (BRA) 2018 - K1
15° La Seu d’Urgell (ESP) 2019 - K1
4° Bratislava (SVK) 2021 - K1
2° Augsburg (GER) 2022 - K1
6° Londra (GBR) 2023 - K1
European Championships
5° Cracovia (POL) 2013 - K1
29° Vienna (AUT) 2014 - K1
12° Markkleeberg (GER) 2015 - K1
16° Liptovsky Mikulas (SVK) 2016 - K1
18° Tacen (SLO) 2017 - K1
9° Praga (CZE) 2018 - K1
11° Pau (FRA) 2019 - K1
23° Praga (CZE) 2020 - K1
2° Ivrea (ITA) 2021 - K1
2° Liptovsky Mikulas (SVK) 2022 - K1
1° Tacen (SLO) 2024 - K1
5° Tacen (SLO) 2024 - Kayak Cross
World Cup
Final
12° Pau (FRA) 2015 - K1
14° Tacen (SLO) 2016 - K1
11° La Seu d’Urgell (ESP) 2017 - K1
9° La Seu d’Urgell (ESP) 2018 - K1
7° Praga (CZE) 2019 - K1
7° Pau (ESP) 2021 - K1
4° La Seu d’Urgell (ESP) 2022 - K1
9° Parigi (FRA) 2023 - K1
27° Parigi (FRA) 2023 - Kayak Cross
Other Games
Giochi Europei - European Games
5° Cracovia (POL) 2023 - K1
16° Cracovia (POL) 2023 - Kayak cross