Italian rower
Elisabetta Sancassani
Birth name Maria Elisabetta Sancassani Born (1983-02-06 ) 6 February 1983 (age 41) Lecco , ItalyHeight 176 cm (5 ft 9 in)[ 1] Weight 69 kg (152 lb)[ 1] Country Italy Sport Women's rowing Event Lightweight / sculls
Maria Elisabetta Sancassani (born 6 February 1983) is an Italian female competition rower . A gold medal winner at the 2005 Mediterranean Games she twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics , in 2004 and 2008 . She began competing as a lightweight in 2012 and won the women's lightweight double scull in 2013 with Laura Milani , both at the European Rowing Championships and the World Rowing Championships.[ 1] [ 2]
She is the younger sister of nine-time world champion rower Franco Sancassani .[ 2]
References
FISA championships Official world championships
1985 : Lin Clark , Beryl Crockford )1986 : Chris Ernst , Carey Sands-Marden )1987 : Janice Mason , Heather Hattin )1988 : Laurien Vermulst , Ellen Meliesie )1989 : Carey Sands-Marden , Kristine Karlson )1990 : Ulla Jensen , Regitze Siggaard )1991 : Claudia Waldi , Christiane Weber )1992 : Claudia Waldi , Christiane Weber )1993 : Colleen Miller , Wendy Wiebe )1994 : Colleen Miller , Wendy Wiebe )1995 : Colleen Miller , Wendy Wiebe )1997 : Angelika Brand , Michelle Darvill )1998 : Christine Collins , Sarah Garner )1999 : Constanța Burcică , Camelia Macoviciuc )2001 : Janet Radünzel , Claudia Blasberg )2002 : Sally Causby , Amber Halliday )2003 : Marie-Louise Dräger , Claudia Blasberg )2005 : Daniela Reimer , Marie-Louise Dräger )2006 : Xu Dongxiang , Yan Shimin )2007 : Amber Halliday , Marguerite Houston )2009 : Christina Giazitzidou , Alexandra Tsiavou )2010 : Lindsay Jennerich , Tracy Cameron )2011 : Christina Giazitzidou , Alexandra Tsiavou )2013 : Laura Milani , Elisabetta Sancassani )2014 : Sophie MacKenzie , Julia Edward )2015 : Sophie MacKenzie , Julia Edward )2017 : Ionela-Livia Lehaci , Gianina Beleagă )2018 : Ionela Cozmiuc , Gianina Beleagă )2019 : Zoe McBride , Jackie Kiddle )2022 : Emily Craig , Imogen Grant )2023 : Emily Craig , Imogen Grant )
