Michele Ivaldi (born 11 March 1970) is an Italian yacht racer who competed in the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

. He sailed with

Luna Rossa Challenge Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli, originally named Prada Challenge, then Luna Rossa Challenge, is an Italian sailboat racing syndicate first created to compete for the 2000 America's Cup. It won the Louis Vuitton Cup on its first attempt in 2000, but t ...

in the

2007 America's Cup The 2007 America's Cup was the thirty-second challenge for the America's Cup and was won by Alinghi in the 7th race. The Cup is the most famous and most prestigious regatta and '' Match Race'' in the sport of sailing. As per the Deed of Gift ...

. He then joined

Oracle Racing Oracle Team USA is an American yacht racing syndicate initially formed to compete for the 2003 America's Cup. They competed again in the 2007 event before winning the 33rd America's Cup regatta in 2010 – representing the Golden Gate Yacht Club. ...

in 2008, before joining

Artemis Racing Artemis Racing is a professional sailing team founded in 2006 by businessman and sailor Torbjörn Törnqvist, named after Artemis, the ancient Greek goddess. Timeline * 2007: won the MedCup circuit, then called Breitling Medcup, and the TP52 Wo ...

for the 2010 Louis Vuitton Trophy Dubai.

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* * * 1970 births Living people Italian male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Italy Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – 470 470 class world champions ClubSwan 50 class world champions RC44 class world champions TP 52 class world champions World champions in sailing for Italy Luna Rossa Challenge sailors 2007 America's Cup sailors Artemis Racing sailors Oracle Racing sailors Competitors at the 1993 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy 20th-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-yachtracing-bio-stub