Maria Elisabetta Sancassani (born 6 February 1983) is an Italian female competition rower. A gold medal winner at the

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she twice represented her native country at the

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, in

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and

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. She began competing as a lightweight in 2012 and won the women's lightweight double scull in 2013 with

Laura Milani Laura Milani (born 30 September 1984 in Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of abou ...

, both at the European Rowing Championships and the World Rowing Championships. She is the younger sister of nine-time world champion rower

Franco Sancassani Franco Sancassani (born 12 April 1974) is an Italian rower. He is the brother of fellow rower and World Championships gold medalist Elisabetta Sancassani. Biography Sancassani was part of the team which finished fourth at the 2000 Summer Olympi ...

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1983 births Living people Italian female rowers Olympic rowers for Italy Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Lecco World Rowing Championships medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in rowing European Rowing Championships medalists {{Italy-rowing-bio-stub