Norma Murabito (born 12 October 1987 in

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) is an Italian sprint canoeist. Murabito is a member of Aniene Canoeing Club ( it, Circolo Canottieri Aniene) in

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, and is coached and trained by Stefano Grillo. Murabito qualified for the first ever women's K-1 200 metres at the

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, by placing second from the European Qualification Tournament in Poznań, Poland. She paddled in the first heat against seven other canoeists, including three-time Olympic champion

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of Hungary, and New Zealand's

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, who eventually won the gold medal in the final. Murabito finished the race only in seventh place by nearly half a second (0.5) behind U.S. canoeist

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, with a time of 43.820 seconds. Murabito, however, failed to advance into the semi-finals, as she ranked twenty-fifth overall, and placed outside the qualifying spots for the next round.

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NBC Olympics Profile
1987 births Italian female canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists of Italy Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Canoeists of Fiamme Azzurre People from Taormina Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in canoeing Canoeists at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for Italy Sportspeople from the Province of Messina {{Italy-canoe-bio-stub