Elisabetta Sancassani
Italian rower
 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth name | Maria Elisabetta Sancassani | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1983-02-06) 6 February 1983 (age 41) Lecco, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country |  Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Women's rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Lightweight / sculls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maria Elisabetta Sancassani (born 6 February 1983) is an Italian female competition rower. A gold medal winner at the 2005 Mediterranean Games she twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics, in 2004 and 2008. She began competing as a lightweight in 2012 and won the women's lightweight double scull in 2013 with Laura Milani, both at the European Rowing Championships and the World Rowing Championships.[1][2]
She is the younger sister of nine-time world champion rower Franco Sancassani.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "Elisabetta Sancassani". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Elisabetta Sancassani". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
- v
- t
- e
World champions – Lightweight women's double sculls
- 1984:
(Elisabeth Fraas, Kirsten Jensen-Plum)
- 1985:
(Lin Clark, Beryl Crockford) - 1986:
(Chris Ernst, Carey Sands-Marden) - 1987:
(Janice Mason, Heather Hattin) - 1988:
(Laurien Vermulst, Ellen Meliesie) - 1989: (Carey Sands-Marden, Kristine Karlson)
- 1990: (Ulla Jensen, Regitze Siggaard)
- 1991:
(Claudia Waldi, Christiane Weber) - 1992: (Claudia Waldi, Christiane Weber)
- 1993: (Colleen Miller, Wendy Wiebe)
- 1994: (Colleen Miller, Wendy Wiebe)
- 1995: (Colleen Miller, Wendy Wiebe)
- 1997: (Angelika Brand, Michelle Darvill)
- 1998: (Christine Collins, Sarah Garner)
- 1999:
(Constanța Burcică, Camelia Macoviciuc) - 2001: (Janet Radünzel, Claudia Blasberg)
- 2002:
(Sally Causby, Amber Halliday) - 2003: (Marie-Louise Dräger, Claudia Blasberg)
- 2005: (Daniela Reimer, Marie-Louise Dräger)
- 2006:
(Xu Dongxiang, Yan Shimin) - 2007: (Amber Halliday, Marguerite Houston)
- 2009:
(Christina Giazitzidou, Alexandra Tsiavou) - 2010: (Lindsay Jennerich, Tracy Cameron)
- 2011: (Christina Giazitzidou, Alexandra Tsiavou)
- 2013:
(Laura Milani, Elisabetta Sancassani) - 2014:
(Sophie MacKenzie, Julia Edward) - 2015: (Sophie MacKenzie, Julia Edward)
- 2017: (Ionela-Livia Lehaci, Gianina Beleagă)
- 2018: (Ionela Cozmiuc, Gianina Beleagă)
- 2019: (Zoe McBride, Jackie Kiddle)
- 2022: (Emily Craig, Imogen Grant)
- 2023: (Emily Craig, Imogen Grant)
Since 1996, this boat class has been an Olympic event; see Olympic champions – Women's lightweight double sculls
 | This biographical article relating to Italian rowing is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e
