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Giulia Conti
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1985-11-04) 4 November 1985 (age 39)
Rome, Italy
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es)Yngling, 470, 49er FX
ClubCanottieri Aniene
Medal record
Representing  Italy
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2008 Mordialloc 470 class
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Hague 470 class
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Santander 49er FX

Giulia Conti (born 4 November 1985 in Rome) is an Italian sailor.

Biography

She has competed in four successive Summer Olympic Games.[1]

Conti is a member of the Circolo Canottieri Aniene sailing club.

She made her Olympic debut at 19, at the 2004 Athens Olympics, sailing in the yngling class with Alessandra Marenzi and Angela Baroni.[2] Subsequently she represented Italy at Beijing 2008 (with Giovanna Micol in the Women's 470 class), at London 2012 (again with Micol in the 470 class) and Rio 2016 (with Francesca Clapcich in the 49erFX class).[3][4] Her results include two fifth places in the 470 and another fifth place in the 49erFX.

In 2008, she and Micol won silver at the 470 World Championships.[5]

Since she has competed with Francesca Clapcich. The pair scored numerous successes in the newly formed class 49er FX class, including 2015 victory in Italian, European and World Championships.[6][7][8] On 27 October 2015 Conti and Clapcich were awarded the Golden Collar sporting merit award, the highest honor conferred by CONI.[9]

In 2016, they came second at the European Championships.[10]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
2004 Olympic Games Athens 14th Yngling class
2008 Olympic Games Beijing 5th 470 class
2012 Olympic Games London 5th 470 class
2016 Olympic Games Rio 5th 49 FX class

See also

References

  1. ^ "Italia Team – Londra 2012". CONI.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Italy Sailing at the 2004 Athina Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Giulia Conti". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Results Centre : Rio 2016 Olympics". Sailing.org. World Sailing. Archived from the original on 25 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  5. ^ "GIULIA CONTI E GIOVANNA MICOL VICE-CAMPIONESSE DEL MONDO 470 – Federvela". Federvela.it (in Italian). Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Medal race magic gives Denmark the win". sailing.org. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  7. ^ "Netherlands and Great Britain wrap up gold and silver in Men's Windsurfer". sailing.org. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  8. ^ "Road to Rio shortening as Hyeres looms". sailing.org. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  9. ^ "Giulia Conti e Francesca Clapcich premiate con il Collare d'Oro al merito sportivo per il 2015". Federvela (in Italian). Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  10. ^ "Giulia Conti e Francesca Clapcich sono medaglia d'argento all'Europeo 49er FX". Federvela (in Italian). Retrieved 27 June 2017.
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