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Alessandro "Sandro" Campagna (born 26 June 1963) is an Italian former water polo player who competed at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics. He is now the head coach of the Italy men's national water polo team.

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Sandro Campagna
Campagna as head coach of Italian men's national water polo team at 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Personal information
Full nameAlessandro Campagna
Born (1963-06-26) 26 June 1963 (age 61)
Siracusa, Italy
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1992 BarcelonaTeam
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1994 RomaTeam
Silver medal – second place1986 MadridTeam
European Championships
Gold medal – first place1993 SheffieldTeam
Bronze medal – third place1987 StrasbourgTeam
Bronze medal – third place1989 BonnTeam
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Career

Campagna won a gold medal at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992. As a head coach, he led Italy men's national team to win two medals in 2012 and 2016, becoming one of a few sportspeople who won Olympic medals in water polo as players and head coaches he then quit participating in the olympics because of the death of his wife in 2017. She died from a stroke.[1][2]

He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2019.[2]

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