Francesca Clapcich
Personal information
Born (1988-01-28) 28 January 1988
Trieste, Italy
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  Italy
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Santander 49er FX
Sailing
Representing  Italy
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Argentina 49er FX

Francesca Clapcich (born 28 January 1988 in Trieste) is an Italian sports sailor.[1][2] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's Laser Radial class, finishing in 19th place.[2] At the 2016 Olympics, she competed in the women's 49erFX class with Giulia Conti, finishing in 5th place.[3]

Since she has competed with Giulia Conti. The pair scored numerous successes in the newly formed class 49er FX class, including 2015 victory in Italian, European and World Championships.[4][5][6] On 27 October 2015 Conti and Clapcich were awarded the Golden Collar sporting merit award, the highest honor conferred by CONES.[7]

In 2016, they came second at the European Championships.[8]

In 2017-18, she was a crewmember on Turn the Tide on Plastic in the Volvo Ocean Race.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Francesca Clapcich". London2012.com. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  2. 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Francesca Clapcich". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Results Centre". sailing.org. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Medal race magic gives Denmark the win". sailing.org. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Netherlands and Great Britain wrap up gold and silver in Men's Windsurfer". sailing.org. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Road to Rio shortening as Hyeres looms". sailing.org. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "Giulia Conti e Francesca Clapcich premiate con il Collare d'Oro al merito sportivo per il 2015". Federvela (in Italian). Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "Giulia Conti e Francesca Clapcich sono medaglia d'argento all'Europeo 49er FX". Federvela (in Italian). Archived from the original on 27 October 2016. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  9. ↑ "Archive Volvo Ocean Race". Retrieved 16 March 2019.


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