CATERINA MARIANNA BANTI
Date of Birth: 13/06/1987
Place of Birth: Roma
Weight x Height: 70 x 1,78
Speciality: Nacra 17 Foiling
Position: Bowman
Teammate: RUGGERO TITA
First Club: Compagnia Vela Roma
Club: Canottieri Aniene
First Coach: Matteo Nicolucci
Coach: Michele Marchesini
Other Sports: Fencing, dance, athletics, cycling
Hobby: Reading, music, cinema
Relationship Status: Single
Olympic Club: Yes
Olympic Appearances:
1 (Tokyo 2020)
Biography
Over the last four years she has formed part of one of the most successful crews together with Ruggero Tita. Having first boarded a sailing boat at the age of 13 whilst on a summer course, Caterina has also devoted herself to other sports: fencing, horse-riding and ballet, favouring study over competitive activity and graduating in Oriental Studies with honours. It wasn’t until she was in her twenties that she and her brother returned to sailing and since she got back into the boat with Ruggero in 2017, she has never stopped winning. In just a few years they collected four European and three world titles. Their peak, however, came in 2020 with Olympic gold in Tokyo, on Banti’s Olympic debut. The second consecutive world championship accolade, obtained in August 2023 in Holland, opened the doors to Paris 2024 for the pair – yet another step in an already glorious career.
Print
Palmares
Olympic Games
1a Tokyo (JPN) 2020
World Championships
3a La Grande Motte (FRA) 2017
1a Aarhus (DEN) 2018
7a Auckland (NZL) 2019
18a Geelong (AUS) 2020
1a Halifax (CAN) 2022
1a L'Aia (NED) 2023
European Championships
1a Kiel (GER) 2017
1a Gdynia (POL) 2018
4a Weymouth (GBR) 2019
1a Attersee (AUT) 2020
1a Aarhaus (DEN) 2022
2a Vilamoura (POR) 2023
World Cup
Final
4a Santander (ESP) 2017
1a Marsiglia (FRA) 2018
3a Marsiglia (FRA) 2019