Personal information | |
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Born | 24 March 2004 (age 19) Rome, Italy |
Sailing career | |
Class(es) | 470, Optimist |
Marco Gradoni is an Italian sailor. He became the first Optimist sailor in history to win three successive World Championship titles (2017, 2018 and 2019). [1] In doing so, Gradoni was awarded the Rolex World Sailor of The Year Award in 2019, being the youngest ever recipient. [2] [3]
Gradoni currently sails in the mixed 470 class as a skipper.
He won the 470 mixed world junior championship 2021 in Sanremo.
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