Claudia Corsini (born December 24, 1977, in

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) is a two-time Olympic

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from Italy. She won a silver medal for the team at the 2002 World Modern Pentathlon Championships in

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, and an individual gold at the

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. At the

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, Corsini missed out the podium in the women's event, when she finished fourth in the overall results, with a score of 5,324 points. She aimed higher chances of winning an Olympic medal at her second games in

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, but her poor performance in the fencing segment landed her to fourteenth place. Shortly after the Olympics, Corsini eventually retired from her sporting career.

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1977 births Living people Italian female modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes for Italy Modern pentathletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics World Modern Pentathlon Championships medalists Modern pentathletes from Rome {{Italy-modern-pentathlon-bio-stub