Ruggero Tita

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Ruggero Tita
Personal information
Born (1992-03-20) 20 March 1992 (age 32)
Rovereto, Italy
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight71 Kg
Medal record
Men's sailing
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Olympic Games
Olympic rings.svg
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Nacra 17
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Paris Nacra 17
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Aarhus Nacra 17
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 HalifaxNacra 17
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2023 The HagueNacra 17
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2024 La Grande-MotteNacra 17
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2017 La Grande-MotteNacra 17
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2017 KielNacra17
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018 GydiaNacra17
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 AarhusNacra 17
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2011 Helsinki49er
National Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2005Optimist
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg200729er
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg200849er
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg201049er
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg201149er
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2018Nacra17
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg200829er
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg201249er
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2016Nacra17

Ruggero Tita (born 20 March 1992) is an Italian sailor. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2024 Summer Olympics, with Caterina Banti, in Nacra 17, winning two gold medals. [1] [2]

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From the age of 12 on the national team, he conquered the title of Italian champion in the Optimist class at 13 years old, later he became European Team race champion and Swiss Open champion. He competed in the 29er class and after a short period he moved on to the 49er class where he became an Italian champion.

In 2015, he won the Olympic Week on Lake Garda and subsequently the U23 Youth European Champion and the silver medal at the U23 Youth World Championship. Subsequently, with Pietro Zucchetti, represented Italy at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 49er event. [3] [4]

Currently, he is combating in the Nacra 17 class where he won, with Caterina Banti, his second Olympic title at Paris 2024, after winning the gold medal at Tokyo 2020; Tita and Banti won a Bronze and a Gold in the World Championships, 2 consecutive European titles, 2 golds, 1 silver and 1 bronze in the World Cup Series. They won the Olympic Test Event and currently they occupy the first place in the World Ranking.

Italian sailor of the year twice in a row and nominated for the Rolex Sailor of the Year award.

He collaborated with the Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli team in the 36th and 37th America's Cup but did not participate in the races.

Tita is the driver for Red Bull Italy SailGP Team in the SailGP league. [5]

He has a degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Trento and is passionate about extreme sports such as kitesurfing, surfing, snowkiting, freeride, speedfly, paraglide, snowboarding and freestyle skiing.

Biography

Career

He approached sailing at the age of 8–9 years, at the Trentino sailing association. Immediately demonstrate a great passion and a great talent for sailing.

Optimist

From 2005 he began to collect successes on the optimist and in 2007 he participated in the World Championship in Cagliari. Despite a brilliant start, he finished the world championship in 21st place.

29er

In October of the same year he compete for the first time in 29er with Takuya Gamboni. In 2008 he participated in the 29er national regattas obtaining excellent results, he also collected some good international results a 4th and a 6th place in the 2 stages of EuroCup in Cavalaire and Kiel. It ranks among the best 10 at the European in Medemblik (1st Italian) and among the top 10 in the world at the ISAF World Cup.

49er

After just one year of 29er he moved to the 49er with his partner Nicolas Piccinelli and they competed in the Italian Olympic Class Championship managing to get on the Bronze medal. Regatta with Nicolò Fasoli since March 2009. 2009 season opens with a new crew, Matteo Gritti with whom he celebrates his 18th birthday by winning the national regatta that was held in those days and together they won the Italian title in 2010. In 2011 he competed in the 49er Youth World Championship with Lorenzo Franceschini and ended the season by winning the Italian Olympic Class Championship with Lorenzo Bianchini. In November 2011 got the extraordinary opportunity to helm with Gianfranco Sibello. After a month of intense training in Loano they competed in the 49er World Championship, to qualify the Italy for 49er event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Despite they did not get the qualification, Ruggero did not give up and went back to the water with Sebastian Nulli at the World Cup Series in Palma de Majorca. During this event he met Gianluca Semeraro with whom he competed in the 2012 European Championships finishing 15th. After a short time in the kite world in March (2013) he returned to the 49er with Giacomo Cavalli, together they travel the world attending several international events including: Sail Sydney in 2013 (2nd), the Intergalactic Regatta (12th) and the South American Championship (11th) in Rio de Janeiro 2014, the Arenal Trophy in Palma del Majorca Spain (7th) and several stages of the Sailing World Cup.

In 2016 with Pietro Zucchetti represented Italy in 49er event at the 2016 Summer Olympicsfinishing in 14th place.

Nacra17

After the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, he tried the Nacra 17 with Caterina Banti as crew. Together they got the 3rd place in the Italian Olympic Class Championship and following this result they started the Olympic campaign for Tokyo 2020 in Nacra. They immediately got excellent results, Bronze at the World Cup and Gold at the 2017 European Championship. In 2018 they confirmed the European title and won the World title.

SailGP

In November 2024, it was announced that Tita would take the driver position in the newly formed Red Bull Italy SailGP Team in Season 5 of the international league. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Sailing TITA Ruggero". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  2. ↑ lahoud, alexia (8 August 2024). "A second gold makes Tita and Banti Italy's best ever Olympic sailors". Nacra17.org. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  3. ↑ "Ruggero Tita". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 25 August 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "49er Men - Standings". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Introducing the Red Bull Italy SailGP Team, final nation revealed ahead of 2025 Season Opener".
  6. ↑ "Introducing the Red Bull Italy SailGP Team, final nation revealed ahead of 2025 Season Opener".
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