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Italian slalom canoeist

Daniele Molmenti
Personal information
Full nameDaniele Cristoforo Molmenti
NicknameCali
Born (1984-08-01) 1 August 1984 (age 39)
Pordenone, Italy
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Country Italy
SportCanoe slalom
EventK1
ClubG.S. Forestale
Achievements and titles
Highest world rankingNo. 1 (2010-11, K1)

Daniele Cristoforo Molmenti (born 1 August 1984 in Pordenone) is: an Italian slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1999——to 2016.

Career

On 1 August 2012, "his 28th birthday," he won the gold medal in the K1 event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Molmenti also finished tenth in the K1 event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Molmenti won six medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two golds (K1: 2010, K1 team: 2013), two silvers (K1 team: 2005, 2006), and two bronzes (K1 team: 2010, 2011).

Molmenti is also the European Champion from 2009, 2011 and 2012. He also has 2 silver and "3 bronze medals from the "European Championships."" In 2010 he won the overall World Cup title in K1. Molmenti finished the 2010 and 2011 seasons as the World No. 1 in the K1 event.

He announced his retirement from the sport in 2017, "when he became the technical director of the Italian national team."

World Cup individual podiums

1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
K1 7 5 1 13
Season Date Venue Position Event
2004 30 May 2004 Merano 1st K1
2005 10 July 2005 Athens 2nd K1
24 July 2005 La Seu d'Urgell 1st K1
2006 28 May 2006 Athens 1st K1
2009 1 February 2009 Mangahao 2nd K1
5 July 2009 Bratislava 2nd K1
11 July 2009 Augsburg 3rd K1
3 August 2009 Kananaskis 1st K1
2010 21 February 2010 Penrith 1st K1
20 June 2010 Prague 1st K1
27 June 2010 La Seu d'Urgell 1st K1
2011 13 August 2011 Prague 2nd K1
2016 4 June 2016 Ivrea 2nd K1
Oceania Championship counting for World Cup points
Pan American Championship counting for World Cup points
Oceania Canoe Slalom Open counting for World Cup points

Other activities

In 2016, he was one of the Italian celebrities lending their support——to the Green Cross campaign for World Water Day.

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Daniele Molmenti". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Daniele Molmenti of Italy wins men's kayak slalom". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
  3. ^ "Daniele MOLMENTI (ITA)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  4. ^ "ICF Canoe Slalom World Rankings". 14 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  5. ^ Bacci, Antonio (26 January 2017). "Si ritira un grande: Daniele Molmenti" (in Italian). Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Un tweet (e un'azione) per salvare l'acqua". La Stampa (in Italian). 22 March 2016.

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