Simone Raineri

Simone Raineri was a specialist in the quadruple sculls, in which he was 1995 World Junior Champion and gold medalist at Sydney 2000 as the stroke. In the same event, he won a European silver in 2007, and three World medals – a silver at Cambridge in 2010 and two bronzes at Lucerne in 2001 and Sevilla in 2003. After a disappointing 2004 Olympics, Raineri helped Italy’s quad win silver behind Poland at Beijing 2008. He later competed at his fourth Olympics at London in 2012. He received in 2000 the Collare d’Oro for Sporting Merit from the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI).