Maggie Pescetto

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Maggie Pescetto
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Maggie Eillen Pescetto

(2000-11-16) November 16, 2000 (age 23)
Waterford, Ireland
NationalityItalian
Education IULM University of Milan
Occupationkitefoiler

Maggie Eillen Pescetto (born 16 November 2000) is an Italian Formula Kite sailor who took the silver position at the Kite Open Africa and Middle East Championship in 2022. She was nominated for Olympic competition at formula kite in 2024.

Life

Pescetto was born in Waterford in Ireland in 2000. Her mother had Irish heritage [1] while her father was Italian. She studied business and public relations at the IULM University of Milan.[ citation needed ]

Her parents ran a pharmacy but their sport was sailing. Pescetto was introduced to the Optimist class of dinghy and her parents had ambitions for her in that sailing class when her own interest was elsewhere. She discovered kite surfing in Calabria and she and her family were hooked. Her initial and unsuccessful ambition was to compete in the youth olympics. In 2019 she switched to kitefoiling. [1] Her first coach was Simone Vannucci [2] and she was a member of the Yacht Club Italiano. [1]

In 2020 she won the Italian Open category and in September 2022 she took silver at the Kite Open Africa and Middle East Championship [2] in Mauritius. Jessie Kampman won the event with Sofia Tomasoni third. [3]

In February 2024 she was in the Canary Islands competing at the first Fuerteventura KiteFoil International Open Cup. The British kitefoiler Ellie Aldridge won the event leading the French Jessie Kampman and with Pescetto earning the bronze medal. [4]

In March 2024 the Formula Kite European championships took place in the Mar Menor lagoon in Spain. Pescetto was ninth and the first Italian. [5] Italy was awarded a place but it was not immediately obvious that Pescetto would get the place as it was up to her national organisation to decide who would get the place. [1] She was given the place based on that result. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Maggie Pescetto vola a Parigi 2024: "Una medaglia? Io ci credo"". La Stampa (in Italian). 2024-03-26. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
  2. 1 2 "MAGGIE EILLEN PESCETTO". XXXIII Giochi Olimpici Estivi Parigi 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
  3. ↑ "2022 Formula Kite Open Africa and Middle East Championships - Welcome to the IKA Formula Kite Class". www.formulakite.org. Retrieved 2024-07-18.
  4. ↑ "Fuerteventura Kite Foil International Open Cup". TheKiteMag. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
  5. ↑ "Sailing's Lily Young confident after 2024 Formula Kite Europeans". Northwich Guardian. 2024-03-29. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  6. ↑ Schwendtner, Markus (2024-02-23). "Paris 2024". International Kiteboarding Association. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
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