Gabrio Zandonà (born 11 June 1977 in
Rome
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) is an Italian
sailor
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, world champion in the
470 class
The 470 (Four-Seventy) is a double-handed monohull planing dinghy with a centreboard, Bermuda rig, and centre sheeting. Equipped with a spinnaker, trapeze and a large sail-area-to-weight ratio, it is designed to plane easily, and good teamwork i ...
in 2003.
Biography
In 2003 he won gold medal at
470 World Championships
The 470 World Championships have been held every year since 1970 and organised by the club on behalf of the International 470 Class Association and recognized by World Sailing. When the Championship forms part of the ISAF Sailing World Championshi ...
in
Cádiz
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(with Andrea Trani) and in 2009 he won gold medal at the
Mediterranean Games
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in
Pescara
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(with Francesco Della Torre).
In his career he participated in three editions of the
Olympic Games
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. He and team-mate
Pietro Zucchetti
Pietro Zucchetti (born 25 January 1981 in Brescia) is an Italian sailor. He competed in the ''470 class'' with Gabrio Zandona at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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came 4th at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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.
Achievements
See also
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ISAF World Sailor of the Year Awards The World Sailor of the Year Awards were launched in 1994 by World Sailing (formerly the International Sailing Federation) to reward individual sailors for outstanding achievements in the sport. The awards have been sponsored by Rolex
Rolex ( ...
References
External links
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Gabrio Zandonà at the Italian Sailing Federation*
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1977 births
Living people
Sailors (sport) from Rome
Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – 470
Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – 470
Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – 470
Olympic sailors for Italy
Italian male sailors (sport)
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
470 class world champions
World champions in sailing for Italy
Mediterranean Games medalists in sailing
Sailors of Marina Militare