Francesco "Checco" Bruni (born 11 April 1973) is a professional sailor from Italy, together with

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during the America's Cup 2021. He is the brother of the sailor Gabriele Bruni with whom he teamed up in 49er regattas during the

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held in

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Biography

He has competed in the

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three times, all in different classes. He finished 12th at the

1996 Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

in a

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, 11th at the

2000 Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

in a 49er and 7th at the

2004 Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

in the

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class. Bruni raced with

Luna Rossa Challenge Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli, originally named Prada Challenge, then Luna Rossa Challenge, is an Italian sailboat racing syndicate first created to compete for the 2000 America's Cup. It won the Louis Vuitton Cup on their first attempt in 2000, but ...

at the

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and

2007 Louis Vuitton Cup The 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup held in Valencia, Spain, from April 16 to June 6 was the event used to select the challenger for the 2007 America's Cup. Eleven potential challengers competed in the competition which consisted of two round robins, ...

s. He skippered the

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team during the 2009 and 2010

Louis Vuitton Trophy The Louis Vuitton Trophy was a series of four match race regattas in International America's Cup Class boats, held between November 2009 and November 2010. The Louis Vuitton Trophy was organised after the success of the Louis Vuitton Pacific Se ...

events and with Team Synergy in the 2010 Louis Vuitton Trophy Dubai, before re-joining to

for the 2011–13 America's Cup World Series and

2013 Louis Vuitton Cup The 8th Louis Vuitton Cup was held during July and August 2013, in San Francisco, California, United States of America. The three contenders were Artemis Racing (Sweden), Emirates Team New Zealand (New Zealand), and Luna Rossa Challenge (Italy). A ...

. When Luna Rossa withdrew from the

2017 America's Cup The 2017 America's Cup was the 35th staging of the America's Cup yacht race. The challenger, Emirates Team New Zealand, won by a score of 7 to 1 over the defender, Oracle Team USA. It was held on the Great Sound in Bermuda from June 17 to June 2 ...

, Bruni joined

Artemis Racing Artemis Racing is a professional sailing team founded in 2006 by businessman and sailor Torbjörn Törnqvist, named after Artemis, the ancient Greek goddess. Timeline * 2007: won the MedCup circuit, then called Breitling Medcup, and the TP52 Wo ...

for the 2015–16 America's Cup World Series. He has also won the 2010

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, 2011 Match Race Germany and 2013

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bruni, Francesco 1973 births Living people Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Laser Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – 49er Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Star Olympic sailors of Italy Italian male sailors (sport) Luna Rossa Challenge sailors Artemis Racing sailors 2003 America's Cup sailors 2007 America's Cup sailors 2013 America's Cup sailors 2021 America's Cup sailors Competitors at the 1993 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy 21st-century Italian people

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