Piero Poli

{{Short description|Italian rower (born 1960)}}

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Piero Poli (born 9 October 1960) is an Italian competition rower and Olympic champion.

He competed in the men's coxed pair event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/piero-poli-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418012533/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/piero-poli-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Piero Poli |accessdate=3 September 2018}} He received a gold medal in quadruple sculls at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, together with Agostino Abbagnale, Davide Tizzano, and Gianluca Farina.[http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=22&sp=ROW "1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Rowing"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531095250/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=22&sp=ROW |date=31 May 2008 }} (Retrieved on 13 May 2008)

He is also a World champion: he won the bronze medal in quadruple sculls at the 1983 World Rowing Championship (Duisburg).

In that year he was trained at the Pavia College Remiero.

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