Caterina Banti

Caterina Banti
Personal information
Full nameCaterina Marianna Banti
Born (1987-06-13) 13 June 1987 (age 37)
Rome, Italy
Sailing career
ClassNacra 17
Medal record
Women's sailing
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Nacra 17
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Nacra 17
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Aarhus Nacra 17
Gold medal – first place 2022 Halifax Nacra 17
Gold medal – first place 2023 The Hague Nacra 17
Gold medal – first place 2024 La Grande-Motte Nacra 17
Bronze medal – third place 2017 La Grande-Motte Nacra 17
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kiel Nacra 17
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gdynia Nacra 17
Gold medal – first place 2020 Lake Attersee Nacra 17
Gold medal – first place 2022 Aarhus Nacra 17

Caterina Marianna Banti (born 13 June 1987) is an Italian sailor who specializes in the Nacra 17 category. Two-time Olympic champion with Nacra 17 in Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024.

Career

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]

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] They repeated this at the 2024 Olympics winning more gold medals.[4]

She holds a bachelor's degree in foreign languages at the La Sapienza University of Rome.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Caterina Banti". World Sailing. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ Tokyo, Tom Harle in (1 August 2021). "Leicester sailor John Gimson overcome with emotion after securing Olympic medal". LeicestershireLive. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Paris 2024: Italian Crew Defend Olympic Title in Mixed Multihull". www.sail-world.com. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Sapienza Università di Roma on LinkedIn: #fotoSapienza #orgoglioSapienza #laureatiSapienza | 10 comments".


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