Alessandra Sensini (born 26 January 1970 in
Grosseto
Grosseto () is a city and a ''comune'' in the central Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of the province of Grosseto and the main city of the Maremma region. The city lies from the Tyrrhenian Sea, at the centre of an alluvial plain on the ...
) is an Italian
windsurfer
Windsurfing is a wind-propelled water sport that is a combination of sailing and surfing. It is also referred to as "sailboarding" and "boardsailing", and emerged in the late 1960s from the Californian aerospace and surf culture. Windsurfing gain ...
. She is a 4-time Olympian, winning a gold medal and three additional medals. She also won 3 gold, 2 silver medals and 1 bronze at World Championships, as well as 3 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals at European Championships.
She has sailed in three different windsurfing classes:
Lechner A-390
The Lechner A-390 was an Olympic Class windsurf board for the Sailing at the 1992 Summer Olympics, 1992 Olympics.http://www.sailing.org/olympics/history-part-5.php Olympic sailing report International Sailing Federation, ISAF It was only raced at ...
,
Mistral and
RS:X.
Biography
Alessandra Sensini was one of four candidates for the role of
flagbearer for Italy at the
2012 London Olympics
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. The others were
Federica Pellegrini
Federica Pellegrini (; born 5 August 1988) is an Italian retired swimmer. A native of Mirano, in the former province of Venice (Metropolitan City of Venice since 2015), she won a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. At the 2009 World Cha ...
,
Josefa Idem
Josefa Idem married Guerrini (born 23 September 1964) is an Italian canoe sprinter turned politics, politician. Competing in eight Summer Olympics, she has five medals. Winning 35 international medals during her career, Idem was the first Italia ...
, and
Valentina Vezzali
Maria Valentina Vezzali (; born 14 February 1974) is an Italian politician and retired Olympic and World Champion foil fencer. As a fencer, Vezzali won six Olympic gold medals and was a 16-time World Champion in foil. She is one of only five a ...
, who was finally chosen.
Achievements
See also
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Italian sportswomen multiple medalists at Olympics and World Championships
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Women multiple medallist at the
Windsurfing World Championships
The Windsurfing World Championships is an international sailing competition held since 1980, now annually. Men
Mistral Class
RS:X Class
Women
Mistral Class
RS:X Class
See also
*Sailing World Championships
*List of World Championships me ...
References
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ISAF World Sailor of the Year (female)
1970 births
Living people
Italian windsurfers
Olympic sailors for Italy
Italian female sailors (sport)
Olympic gold medalists for Italy
Olympic silver medalists for Italy
Olympic bronze medalists for Italy
Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Lechner A-390
Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Mistral One Design
Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Mistral One Design
Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Mistral One Design
Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – RS:X
Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – RS:X
Sportspeople from Grosseto
Olympic medalists in sailing
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Female windsurfers
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
RS:X class world champions