Maria Cristina Giai Pron (born 21 August 1974 in

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) is an Italian slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1989 to 2010. She won a bronze medal in the K1 event at the

2002 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships The 2002 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Bourg St.-Maurice, France under the auspices of International Canoe Federation for the record-tying third time. It was the 27th edition. Bourg St.-Maurice hosted the championships previousl ...

in Bourg St.-Maurice. She also won a bronze medal in the K1 team event at the 1996 European Championships in

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. Giai Pron also competed in five Summer Olympics, earning her best finish of fourth in the K1 event in

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in 1996. Her younger sister

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represented Italy at the 2012 Summer Olympics in

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World Cup individual podiums

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* 1974 births Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Italian female canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists of Italy Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships {{Italy-canoe-bio-stub