Caterina Banti

{{Short description|Italian sailor (born 1987)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox sailor | name = Caterina Banti | image = | caption = | full_name = Caterina Marianna Banti | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1987|6|13}} | birth_place = [[Rome]], Italy | height = | weight = | classes = [[Nacra 17]] | club = | collegeteam = | coach = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's [[sailing (sport)|sailing]]}} {{MedalCountry|{{ITA}}}} {{MedalOlympic}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Sailing at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}} {{MedalGold| [[Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo]] | [[Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Nacra 17|Nacra 17]]}} {{MedalGold| [[Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics|2024 Paris]] | [[Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Nacra 17|Nacra 17]]}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalGold|[[2018 Sailing World Championships|2018 Aarhus]]|Nacra 17}} {{MedalGold|2022 Halifax|Nacra 17}} {{MedalGold|[[2023 Sailing World Championships|2023 The Hague]]|[[2023 Sailing World Championships – Nacra 17|Nacra 17]]}} {{MedalGold|2024 La Grande-Motte|Nacra 17}} {{MedalBronze|[[2017 Nacra 17 World Championship|2017 La Grande-Motte]]|Nacra 17}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalGold|2017 Kiel|Nacra 17}} {{MedalGold|2018 Gdynia|Nacra 17}} {{MedalGold|2020 Lake Attersee|Nacra 17}} {{MedalGold|2022 Aarhus|Nacra 17}} }}

'''Caterina Marianna Banti''' (born 13 June 1987) is an Italian [[sailing (sport)|sailor]] who specializes in the [[Nacra 17]] class. Two-time Olympic champion with [[Nacra 17]] in [[2020 Summer Olympics|Tokyo 2020]] and [[2024 Summer Olympics|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://site-isaf.soticcloud.net/sailors/biog.php?memberid=368080 |title=Caterina Banti |publisher=World Sailing |access-date=30 July 2021 |archive-date=30 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730182958/https://site-isaf.soticcloud.net/sailors/biog.php?memberid=368080 |url-status=dead }}</ref> They were nominated by the Italian Sailing Federation (FIV) to compete at the [[2020 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Tokyo 2020: scelti gli equipaggi azzurri di Laser Radial, 470 maschile e Nacra 17 |trans-title=Tokyo 2020: Italians officially selected the men's 470, women's Laser Radial, and Nacra 17 sailors |language=it |url=https://www.coni.it/it/news/primo-piano/17823-vela-scelti-gli-equipaggi-per-i-giochi-nel-470-maschile,-laser-radial-e-nacra-17.html |publisher=[[Italian National Olympic Committee]] |date=2 March 2021 |access-date=3 March 2021}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tokyo |first=Tom Harle in |date=2021-08-01 |title=Leicester sailor John Gimson overcome with emotion after securing Olympic medal |url=https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/other-sport/leicester-sailor-john-gimson-olympics-5727984 |access-date=2021-08-03 |website=LeicestershireLive |language=en}}</ref> They repeated this at the 2024 Olympics winning more gold medals.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paris 2024: Italian Crew Defend Olympic Title in Mixed Multihull |url=https://www.sail-world.com/news/278091/Italian-Crew-Defend-Olympic-Title |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=www.sail-world.com}}</ref>

She holds a bachelor's degree in foreign languages at the [[La Sapienza University of Rome]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sapienzauniversitadiroma_fotosapienza-orgogliosapienza-laureatisapienza-activity-6828444325131763712-i_TW |title=Sapienza Università di Roma on LinkedIn: #fotoSapienza #orgoglioSapienza #laureatiSapienza | 10 comments}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{World Sailing|caterina-banti|id=ITACB71}} * {{Olympics.com|caterina-banti}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{CONI|new_id=1414}}

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