Giovanni De Gennaro (born 21 July 1992) is an Italian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2008, specializing in K1 and kayak cross. He is a three time Olympian and an Olympic champion in the K1 event from the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Career De Gennaro has competed at three Olympic Games. In his first Olympic participation he finished 7th in the K1 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He then finished 14th in the K1 event at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo after being eliminated in the semifinal. He then went on to win the gold medal in the K1 event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, where he also finished 13th in kayak cross.
De Gennaro won four medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with a gold (K1 team: 2013) a silver (K1: 2022) and two bronzes (K1: 2026, K1 team: 2011).
He also won six medals (2 golds, 2 silvers and 2 bronzes) at the European Championships.
Personal life De Gennaro lives in Roncadelle (Brescia) and he was a member of Corpo Forestale dello Stato, now Carabinieri. His brother Riccardo is a former slalom canoeist. Slalom canoeist Stefanie Horn is Giovanni's sister-in-law.
World Cup individual podiums Total K1 7 3 4 14 Kayak cross 0 1 0 1 Kayak cross individual 1 0 1 2 Total 8 4 5 17
SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent 2016 4 Jun 2016 Ivrea 1st K1 2017 1 Jul 2017 Markkleeberg 1st K1 2018 9 Sep 2018 La Seu d'Urgell 1st K1 2019 30 June 2019 Tacen 1st K1 2021 12 June 2021 Prague 2nd K1 2022 11 June 2022 Prague 2nd K1 28 August 2022 Pau 2nd Kayak cross 2023 2 June 2023 Augsburg 1st K1 9 June 2023 Prague 3rd K1 2024 7 June 2024 Prague 1st K1 20 September 2024 La Seu d'Urgell 3rd K1 2025 28 June 2025 Prague 3rd K1 2026 7 June 2026 Prague 1st Kayak cross individual 12 June 2026 Augsburg 2nd K1 14 June 2026 Augsburg 3rd Kayak cross individual 3 September 2026 Vaires-sur-Marne 1st K1 11 September 2026 La Seu d'Urgell 3rd K1
References
External links
Giovanni De Gemmaro at CanoeSlalom.net