Oreste Perri

Oreste Perri
Oreste Perri, was an Italian sprint canoeist and politician.
Mayor of Cremona
In office 23 June 2009 – 12 June 2014
Preceded by
Succeeded by	Gianluca Galimberti
Personal details
Born	(1951-06-27) 27 June 1951 (age 70) Castelverde, Lombardy, Italy
Political party	The People of Freedom

Oreste Perri

Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
World Championships
	1974 Mexico City	K-1 10000 m
	1975 Belgrade	K-1 1000 m
	1975 Belgrade	K-1 10000 m
	1977 Sofia	K-1 10000 m
	1974 Mexico City	K-1 1000 m
	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.

References[]

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-01-21). Additional archives: Wayback Machine.
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
• Profile as Cremona's mayor. - accessed 17 September 2009. (in Italian)
• Sports-reference.com profile

External links[]

• Oreste Perri at Olympedia

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