Giulia Conti (born 4 November 1985 in

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) is an Italian

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Biography

She has competed in four successive

Summer Olympic Games The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...

. Conti is a member of the Circolo Canottieri Aniene sailing club. She made her Olympic debut at 19, at the

2004 Athens 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), ...

, sailing in the

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class with Alessandra Marenzi and Angela Baroni. Subsequently she represented Italy at

Beijing 2008 The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nat ...

(with Giovanna Micol in the Women's

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class), at

London 2012 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 ...

(again with Micol in the 470 class) and Rio 2016 (with Francesca Clapcich in the 49erFX class). Her results include two fifth places in the 470 and another fifth place in the 49erFX. In 2008, she and Micol won silver at the 470 World Championships. Since she has competed with Francesca Clapcich. The pair scored numerous successes in the newly formed class

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class, including 2015 victory in Italian, European and

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. On 27 October 2015 Conti and Clapcich were awarded the Golden Collar sporting merit award, the highest honor conferred by

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. In 2016, they came second at the European Championships.

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