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Caterina Banti

Caterina Banti

Italian sailor (born 1987)

Caterina Marianna Banti (born 13 June 1987) is an Italian sailor who specializes in the Nacra 17 category. She and Ruggero Tita won two medals at the Nacra 17 World Championship, gold in 2018 and bronze in 2017, and three gold medals at the Nacra 17 European Championship, between 2017 and 2020.[1] They were nominated by the Italian Sailing Federation (FIV) to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2]

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At the postponed Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics, they raced their boat at Enoshima alongside their British training partners of Anna Burnet and John Gimson. They beat them into second place and were awarded with gold medals.[3]

She holds a bachelor's degree in foreign languages at the La Sapienza University of Rome.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Caterina Banti". World Sailing. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
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    "Tokyo 2020: scelti gli equipaggi azzurri di Laser Radial, 470 maschile e Nacra 17" [Tokyo 2020: Italians officially selected the men's 470, women's Laser Radial, and Nacra 17 sailors] (in Italian). Italian National Olympic Committee. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
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    Tokyo, Tom Harle in (1 August 2021). "Leicester sailor John Gimson overcome with emotion after securing Olympic medal". LeicestershireLive. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
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    "Sapienza Università di Roma on LinkedIn: #fotoSapienza #orgoglioSapienza #laureatiSapienza | 10 comments".


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