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==