Oreste Perri

Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
World Championships
Gold	1974 Mexico City	K-1 10000 m
Gold	1975 Belgrade	K-1 1000 m
Gold	1975 Belgrade	K-1 10000 m
Gold	1977 Sofia	K-1 10000 m
Bronze	1974 Mexico City	K-1 1000 m
Bronze	1977 Sofia	K-1 1000 m

Oreste Perri (born June 27, 1951) is an Italian sprint canoer (and later politician) who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s.

Perri was born in Castelverde, in the province of Cremona. He won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with four golds (K-1 1000 m: 1975 (tied with Poland's Grzegorz Śledziewski, K-1 10000 m: 1974, 1975, 1977) and two bronzes (K-1 1000 m: 1974, 1977).

Perri also competed in three Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fourth twice (1972: K-4 1000 m, 1976: K-1 1000 m).

On 22 June 2009, Perri was sworn in as mayor of Cremona, Italy.

References

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936-2007.
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936-2007.
• Profile as Cremona's mayor. - accessed 17 September 2009. (Italian)
• Sports-reference.com profile

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Name	Perri, Oreste
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Date of birth	June 27, 1951
Place of birth	Castelverde
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