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| Birth name | Maria Elisabetta Sancassani | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 February 1983 Lecco, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Women's rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Lightweight / sculls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
- 1 2 3 "Elisabetta Sancassani". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
- 1 2 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.
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