Ivo Stefanoni

Ivo Stefanoni (born 5 June 1936) is an Italian rowing cox and Olympic champion.

Ivo Stefanoni

Personal information
Nationality	Italy
Born	(1936-06-05) 5 June 1936 Mandello del Lario, Italy
Height	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)[1]
Sport
Club	GS Moto Guzzi
Medal record Representing  Italy Men's rowing Olympic Games 1956 Melbourne Coxed four 1960 Rome Coxed four European Rowing Championships 1957 Duisburg Eight 1958 Poznań Eight 1961 Prague Eight 1956 Bled Coxed four

Stefanoni was born in Mandello del Lario in 1936, and he rowed with GS Moto Guzzi.[1]

At the 1956 European Rowing Championships, Stefanoni won a bronze medal with the coxed four.[2] Later that year, he received a gold medal in the coxed four event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, together with Alberto Winkler, Angelo Vanzin, Romano Sgheiz and Franco Trincavelli.[3]

For the 1957 European Rowing Championships, Stefanoni changed to the eight and won gold; he repeated this success at the 1958 European Rowing Championships.[4] At the 1960 Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal with the Italian boat in the coxed four competition.[1]

For the 1961 European Rowing Championships, Stefanoni was back in the eight and they won gold.[4] Three rowers from the 1961 crew remained with the Italian eight that competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and came sixth: Giampietro Gilardi, Sereno Brunello and Stefanoni.[4][5]