{{Short description|Italian sailor}} {{Infobox sailor|name=Marco Gradoni|birth_date={{birth date and age|2004|03|24}}|birth_place=[[Rome]], [[Italy]]|classes=[[470 (dinghy)|470]], [[Optimist]]|medaltemplates={{MedalSport | [[Sailing (sport)|Sailing]] }} {{MedalCountry | {{ITA}} }} {{MedalCompetition |[[Optimist World Championship]]}} {{MedalGold|2017 [[Pattaya]]|Optimist|Optimist World Championship}} {{MedalGold|2018 [[Limassol]]|Optimist|Optimist World Championship}} {{MedalGold|2019 [[Antigua]]|Optimist|Optimist World Championship}} {{MedalCompetition |[[470 Junior World Championships]]}} {{MedalGold|2019 [[Sanremo|San Remo]]|470 Juniors World Championships}} {{MedalCompetition | European Championships }} {{MedalGold|2019 [[Formia]]|470 Juniors}}}}
'''Marco Gradoni''' is an Italian [[Sailing (sport)|sailor]]. He became the first [[Optimist (dinghy)|Optimist]] sailor in history to win three successive [[Optimist World Championship|World Championship]] titles (2017, 2018 and 2019).<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-09-30|title=Short list for World Sailor of the Year >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News|url=http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2019/09/30/short-list-for-world-sailor-of-the-year/|access-date=2021-08-11|website=Scuttlebutt Sailing News|language=en-US}}</ref> In doing so, Gradoni was awarded the [[World Sailor of the Year Awards|Rolex World Sailor of The Year Award]] in 2019, being the youngest ever recipient.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Marco Gradoni becomes youngest Rolex World Sailor of the Year|url=https://www.sail-world.com/news/223584/2019-Rolex-World-Sailor-of-the-Year|access-date=2021-08-11|website=www.sail-world.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Nixon|first=W. M.|title=World Sailing's Bermuda Decisions Will have Longterm Significance as Young People Become the Real Adults|url=https://afloat.ie/blogs/sailing-saturday-with-wm-nixon/item/44581-world-sailing-s-bermuda-decisions-will-have-longterm-significance-as-young-people-become-the-real-adults|access-date=2021-08-11|website=afloat.ie|language=en-gb}}</ref>
As of June 2024, Gradoni is a helmsman for [[Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli]].
He won the 2021 mixed [[470 Junior World Championships]] held in [[Sanremo]].
In June 2023, Gradoni announced that he would pause his Olympic 470 campaign whilst he focused on the upcoming [[2024 America's Cup]] for [[Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vela |first=Giornale della |date=2023-06-28 |title=Marco Gradoni: "I'll join the Anerica's Cup with Luna Rossa." |url=https://www.giornaledellavela.com/2023/06/28/marco-gradoni-goodbye-olympics-im-doing-the-americas-cup-with-luna-rossa/?lang=en |access-date=2024-06-23 |website=Giornale della Vela |language=en-US}}</ref>
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{{ISAF World Sailor of the Year (male)}}
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