Marta Maggetti
{{Short description|Italian windsurfer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|10 January 1996}}
| birth_place = Cagliari, Italy
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{{Medal|Sport|Women's sailing}}
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{{Medal|Gold|2024 Paris| iQFoil }}
{{Medal|Competition| iQFoil World Championships }}
{{Medal|Gold| 2022 Brest | iQFoil }}
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Marta Maggetti (born 10 January 1996) is an Italian windsurfer who sailed in the RS:X class and then later the iQFoil windsurfer class. She was fourth in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 on a windsurfer and in 2022 she won the IQFoil World Championship. She won a gold medal in the 2024 Paris Olympics
Life
Maggetti was born in the Italian city of Cagliari on the island of Sardinia in 1996.{{Cite web |title=MARTA MAGGETTI |url=https://parigi2024.coni.it/en/italia-team/athletes/scheda_atleta/1417:MARTA_MAGGETTI.html |access-date=15 July 2024 |website=XXXIII Giochi Olimpici Estivi Parigi 2024 |language=en-gb}}
Her first coach was Andrea Beverino and she joined her local windsurfing club where her father was a member. She had tried other sports including rhythmic gymnastics. At the age of eight she took a strong interest in sailing. In 2013 she was 17 and a member of the Caglieri Sailing Club when she went to Cyprus to return that July with a silver medal from the Under-19 World Championship. She then windsurfed to win the RS:X Youth World Championship which was held in Italy at Civitavecchia.{{Cite web |last=Vela |first=Giornale della |date=28 September 2022 |title=TAG Heuer VELAFestival features Marta Maggetti, new muse of Italian sailing |url=https://www.giornaledellavela.com/2022/09/28/tag-heuer-velafestival-features-marta-maggetti-new-muse-of-italian-sailing/?lang=en |access-date=16 July 2024 |website=Giornale della Vela |language=en-US}}
In 2017 she and fellow surfer Carlo Ciabatti set their ambitions on the Tokyo Olympics. At the end of that year the two of them set out an organisation to raise the local sponsorship from Sardinian businesses.
She competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after being chosen against her rival {{ill|Giorgia Speciale|it}}. Italy was hopeful of her success as they had not won an Olympic sailing medal for some time. She had come fourth in the 2021 European championships.{{Cite web |last=Vela |first=Giornale della |date=4 October 2022 |title=Olympic dreams, discovering the blues: believe it Marta! |url=https://www.giornaledellavela.com/2022/10/04/olympic-dreams-discovering-the-blues-believe-it-marta/?lang=en |access-date=16 July 2024 |website=Giornale della Vela |language=en-US}} She missed an Olympic medal as she was fourth in the RS:X class.{{Cite web |date=4 November 2022 |title=Marta Magetti world Champion IQ foil with Tuna Heavy hook |url=https://www.corsi-kitesurf.com/en/iq-foil/marta-magetti-world-champion-iq-foil-with-tuna-heavy-hook/ |access-date=16 July 2024 |website=Corsi Kite Surf |language=en-US}}
In 2022 she had transitioned from success at windsurfing to surfing with a hydrofoil. Her coach was Belli Dell’Isca. She won a gold medal at the 2022 IQFoil World Championships in Brest. The silver and bronze medals went to the Israeli teenager Daniela Peleg and Maya Morris.{{Cite web |last=Vela |first=Giornale della |date=26 October 2022 |title=Marta Maggetti is gold at iQFOiL world championship in Brest |url=https://www.giornaledellavela.com/2022/10/26/marta-maggetti/?lang=en |access-date=15 July 2024 |website=Giornale della Vela |language=en-US}}
Based on her successes in 2022, Maggetti was chosen in February 2024 to join Italy's team at the 2024 Summer Olympics{{Cite web |date=15 February 2024 |title=La FIV indica quattro equipaggi per i Giochi Olimpici di Parigi 2024 - Sport Vela |url=https://sportvela.net/2024/02/la-fiv-indica-quattro-equipaggi-per-i-giochi-olimpici-di-parigi-2024/ |access-date=16 July 2024 |website=sportvela.net |language=it-IT}} where she won a gold medal. She beat the Israeli Sharon Kantor and the British Emma Wilson In September she was honoured in her home town with a reception by the City council president, Marco Benucci, and the mayor of Cagliari Massimo Zedda.{{Cite web |last=Nova |first=Redazione Agenzia |date=2024-09-24 |title=Sardinia: Olympic champion Marta Maggetti will be received by the mayor of Cagliari |url=https://www.agenzianova.com/en/news/Sardinia-Olympic-champion-Marta-Maggetti-will-be-received-by-the-mayor-of-Cagliari/ |access-date=2024-11-30 |website=Agenzia Nova |language=en}}
References
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External links
- {{World Sailing|www=marta-maggetti?ref=ITAMM249}}
- {{Olympics.com}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/marta-maggetti_1899653 Marta Maggetti] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- {{CONI profile|new_id=1417}}
- {{Official website|https://www.martamaggetti.it/}} {{in lang|it}}
{{Footer Olympic Champions Women's Sailboard}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Cagliari
Category:Olympic sailors for Italy
Category:Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – RS:X
Category:Sailors at the 2024 Summer Olympics – iQFoil
Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics