# Caterina Banti > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Caterina_Banti > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Caterina_Banti.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caterina_Banti > Source revision: 1305019783 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Italian sailor (born 1987) Caterina Banti Personal information Full name Caterina Marianna Banti Born (1987-06-13) 13 June 1987 (age 39) Rome, Italy Sailing career Sport Sailing Class Nacra 17 **Caterina Marianna Banti** (born 13 June 1987) is an Italian [sailor](/source/Sailing_(sport)) who specializes in the [Nacra 17](/source/Nacra_17) class. Two-time Olympic champion with [Nacra 17](/source/Nacra_17) in [Tokyo 2020](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics) and [Paris 2024](/source/2024_Summer_Olympics). ## Career She and [Ruggero Tita](/source/Ruggero_Tita) won two medals at the [Nacra 17 World Championship](/source/Nacra_17_World_Championship), gold in 2018 and bronze in 2017, and three gold medals at the [Nacra 17 European Championship](/source/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](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics).[2] At the postponed Tokyo [2020 Summer Olympics](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics), they raced their boat at [Enoshima](/source/Enoshima) alongside their British training partners of [Anna Burnet](/source/Anna_Burnet) and [John Gimson](/source/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](/source/La_Sapienza_University_of_Rome).[5] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Caterina Banti"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210730182958/https://site-isaf.soticcloud.net/sailors/biog.php?memberid=368080). World Sailing. Archived from [the original](https://site-isaf.soticcloud.net/sailors/biog.php?memberid=368080) on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Tokyo 2020: scelti gli equipaggi azzurri di Laser Radial, 470 maschile e Nacra 17"](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) [Tokyo 2020: Italians officially selected the men's 470, women's Laser Radial, and Nacra 17 sailors] (in Italian). [Italian National Olympic Committee](/source/Italian_National_Olympic_Committee). 2 March 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Tokyo, Tom Harle in (1 August 2021). ["Leicester sailor John Gimson overcome with emotion after securing Olympic medal"](https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/other-sport/leicester-sailor-john-gimson-olympics-5727984). *LeicestershireLive*. Retrieved 3 August 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Paris 2024: Italian Crew Defend Olympic Title in Mixed Multihull"](https://www.sail-world.com/news/278091/Italian-Crew-Defend-Olympic-Title). *www.sail-world.com*. Retrieved 8 August 2024. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Sapienza Università di Roma on LinkedIn: #fotoSapienza #orgoglioSapienza #laureatiSapienza | 10 comments"](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sapienzauniversitadiroma_fotosapienza-orgogliosapienza-laureatisapienza-activity-6828444325131763712-i_TW). ## External links - [Caterina Banti](https://web.archive.org/web/20241130/https://www.sailing.org/sailor/caterina-banti?ref=ITACB71) at [World Sailing](/source/World_Sailing) (archived, [alternate link](https://web.archive.org/web/20241130/https://www.sailing.org/sailor/?ref=ITACB71)) - [Caterina Banti](https://olympics.com/en/athletes/caterina-banti) at [Olympics.com](/source/International_Olympic_Committee) - [Caterina Banti](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/144077) at [Olympedia](/source/Olympedia) - [Caterina Banti](https://www.coni.it/it/italia-team/olimpiadi/scheda_atleta/medagliato/1414:.html) at the [*Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano*](/source/Italian_National_Olympic_Committee) (in Italian) v t e Olympic champions in Nacra 17 2016: Santiago Lange & Cecilia Carranza (ARG) 2020: Ruggero Tita & Caterina Banti (ITA) 2024: Ruggero Tita & Caterina Banti (ITA) v t e World champions in Nacra 17 2013: Besson & Riou 2014: Besson & Riou 2015: Besson & Riou 2016: Besson & Riou 2017: Saxton & Dabson 2018: Tita & Banti 2019: ? & ? 2020: Gimson & Burnet v t e ISAF World Sailor of the Year (female) 1994: Zabell 1995: Autissier 1996: Lee 1997: Taran & Pakholchyk 1998: Brouwer 1999: Matthijsse 2000: Robertson 2001: MacArthur 2002: Bekatorou & Tsoulfa 2003: Sundby 2004: Bekatorou & Tsoulfa 2005: MacArthur 2006: Railey 2007: Leroy 2008: Sensini 2009: Tunnicliffe 2010: Manchón 2011: Tunnicliffe 2012: Xu 2013: Aleh & Powrie 2014: Grael & Kunze 2015: Ayton 2016: Mills & Clark 2017: Bouwmeester 2018: Brouwer & Riou 2019: Rindom 2020: not awarded 2021: Mills & McIntyre 2022: Banti 2023: Neuschäfer 2024: Bouwmeester This biographical article related to sailing in Italy is a stub. 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