Raffaello Ivaldi (16 December 1997) is an Italian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2012. He trains in

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, Italy and is studying law at the

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. Ivaldi won two bronze medals in the C1 team event at the

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, earning them in

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and

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. He won a silver and a bronze medal in the C1 team event at the

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. He has also won three medals at the

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, with two golds in C1 team (

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) and one silver in C1 (

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). He earned his best senior world championship result of 15th at the

2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships The 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were the 40th edition of the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships. The event took place from 24 to 29 September 2019 in La Seu d'Urgell, Catalonia, Spain under the auspices of International Canoe Federa ...

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. Ivaldi won back-to-back

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in La Seu D'Urgell and

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at the end of

to clinch third in the overall standings. His brother Zeno Ivaldi is also a slalom canoeist, as was his father

Ettore Ivaldi Ettore Ivaldi is a former Italian slalom canoeist who competed from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. He won a silver medal in the K-1 team event at the 1989 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships The 1989 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were ...

Results

World Cup individual podiums

Complete World Cup results

References

External links

* Slalom canoeists 1997 births Living people Italian male canoeists Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships Place of birth missing (living people) European Games competitors for Italy Canoeists at the 2023 European Games Canoeists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists for Italy 21st-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-canoe-bio-stub