Oreste Perri is an Italian

Italy

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 sprint canoer

Canoe racing

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 (and later politician

Politician

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) who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s.

Perri was born in Castelverde

Castelverde

Castelverde is a comune in the Province of Cremona in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 70 km southeast of Milan and about 8 km northwest of Cremona....

, in the province of Cremona

Province of Cremona

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. He won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with four golds (K-1 1000 m: 1975

1975 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1975 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia for the second time, having hosted them in 1971. This also equaled the most times a city had done so with Copenhagen, Denmark ....

 (tied with Poland

Poland

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's Grzegorz Śledziewski

Grzegorz Śledziewski

Grzegorz Śledziewski is a Polish sprint canoer who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s. He won fifteen medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds , five silvers , and seven...

, K-1 10000 m: 1974

1974 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

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, 1975, 1977

1977 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1977 Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Sofia, Bulgaria.The men's competition consisted of six Canadian and nine kayak events. Three events were held for the women, all in kayak...

) and two bronzes (K-1 1000 m: 1974, 1977).

Perri also competed in three Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fourth twice (1972

1972 Summer Olympics

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: K-4 1000 m

Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics - Men's K-4 1000 metres

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, 1976

1976 Summer Olympics

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: K-1 1000 m

Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics - Men's K-1 1000 metres

The men's K-1 1000 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics program.-Medalists:-Heats:...

).

On 22 June 2009, Perri was sworn in as mayor

Mayor

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 of Cremona

Cremona

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, Italy

Italy

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.