Andrea Benetti (canoeist)

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Andrea Benetti (born 28 June 1980 in Turin) is an Italian slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1997 to 2013.

He won a bronze medal in the C2 event at the 2007 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Foz do Iguaçu and again at the 2008 European Championships in Kraków.{{cite web|title=Profile|url=https://www.canoeslalom.net/doku.php/en_sportler/spo_7636b|website=CanoeSlalom.net|accessdate=5 November 2017}}

Benetti also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fifth in the C2 event in Beijing in 2008.{{cite web|title=Profile|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/andrea-benetti-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418013214/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/andrea-benetti-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|website=Sports-Reference.com|accessdate=5 November 2017}}

His partner in the C2 boat for most of his career was Erik Masoero.