Francesca Clapcich (born 28 January 1988 in Trieste) is an Italian sports sailor. At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, she competed in the Women's Laser Radial class, finishing in 19th place. At the

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

, she competed in the women's 49erFX class with

Giulia Conti Giulia Conti (born 4 November 1985 in Rome) is an Italian sailor. Biography She has competed in four successive Summer Olympic Games. Conti is a member of the Circolo Canottieri Aniene sailing club. She made her Olympic debut at 19, at the 20 ...

, finishing in 5th place. Since she has competed with Giulia Conti. The pair scored numerous successes in the newly formed class

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class, including 2015 victory in Italian, European and World Championships. On 27 October 2015 Conti and Clapcich were awarded the Golden Collar sporting merit award, the highest honor conferred by CONES. In 2016, they came second at the European Championships. In 2017-18, she was a crewmember on Turn the Tide on Plastic in the Volvo Ocean Race.

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* Italian female sailors (sport) Living people Olympic sailors for Italy Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Laser Radial 49er FX class sailors Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – 49er FX 1988 births Sportspeople from Trieste 49er FX class world champions World champions in sailing for Italy Volvo Ocean Race sailors Sailors of Centro Sportivo Aeronautica Militare 21st-century Italian women {{Italy-yachtracing-bio-stub