Sandro Campagna

Alessandro 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.

Sandro Campagna

Campagna as head coach of Italian men's national water polo team at 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Personal information
Full name	Alessandro Campagna
Born	(1963-06-26) 26 June 1963 (age 62) Siracusa, Italy
Medal record Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Team World Championships 1994 Roma Team 1986 Madrid Team European Championships 1993 Sheffield Team 1987 Strasbourg Team 1989 Bonn Team

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 following the death of his wife, who died of a stroke in 2017.^[1][2]

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

See also

• Italy men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
• List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
• List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
• List of world champions in men's water polo
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
• List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame