Caterina Banti Explained

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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Caterina Banti . World Sailing . 30 July 2021 . 30 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210730182958/https://site-isaf.soticcloud.net/sailors/biog.php?memberid=368080 . dead .
2. News: 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 . it . . 2 March 2021 . 3 March 2021.
3. Web site: Tokyo . Tom Harle in . 2021-08-01 . Leicester sailor John Gimson overcome with emotion after securing Olympic medal . 2021-08-03 . LeicestershireLive . en.
4. Web site: Paris 2024: Italian Crew Defend Olympic Title in Mixed Multihull . 2024-08-08 . www.sail-world.com.
5. Web site: Sapienza Università di Roma on LinkedIn: #fotoSapienza #orgoglioSapienza #laureatiSapienza | 10 comments.