Daniele Molmenti

Personal information
Full name	Daniele Cristoforo Molmenti
Nickname	Cali
Born	(1984-08-01)1 August 1984 (age 41) Pordenone, Italy
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Canoe slalom
Event	K1
Club	G.S. Forestale
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking	No. 1 (2010-11, K1)
Medal record Olympic Games 2012 London K1 World Championships 2010 Tacen K1 2013 Prague K1 team 2005 Penrith K1 team 2006 Prague K1 team 2010 Tacen K1 team 2011 Bratislava K1 team European Championships 2009 Nottingham K1 2011 La Seu d'Urgell K1 2012 Augsburg K1 2008 Kraków K1 2008 Kraków K1 team 2004 Skopje K1 2005 Tacen K1 team 2015 Markkleeberg K1 team U23 European Championships 2005 Kraków K1 2005 Kraków K1 team 2007 Kraków K1 team 2006 Nottingham K1 2006 Nottingham K1 team Junior World Championships 2002 Nowy Sącz K1 Junior European Championships 2001 Bratislava K1

Daniele Cristoforo Molmenti (born 1 August 1984 inPordenone)^[1] is an Italianslalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1999 to 2016.

On 1 August 2012, his 28th birthday, he won the gold medal in theK1 event at the2012 Summer Olympics inLondon.^[2] Molmenti also finished tenth in theK1 event at the2008 Summer Olympics inBeijing.

Molmenti won six medals at theICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two golds (K1:2010, K1 team:2013), two silvers (K1 team:2005,2006), and two bronzes (K1 team: 2010,2011).^[3]

Molmenti is also theEuropean Champion from2009,2011 and2012. He also has 2 silver and 3 bronze medals from the European Championships. In2010 he won the overallWorld Cup title in K1.^[3] Molmenti finished the 2010 and 2011 seasons as theWorld No. 1 in the K1 event.^[4]

He announced his retirement from the sport in 2017, when he became the technical director of the Italian national team.^[5]

				Total
K1	7	5	1	13

¹ Oceania Championship counting for World Cup points

² Pan American Championship counting for World Cup points

³ Oceania Canoe Slalom Open counting for World Cup points

In 2016, he was one of the Italian celebrities lending their support to theGreen Cross campaign forWorld Water Day.^[6]

• "2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 12 September 2010 K1 men's total results".timing-mojstrana.com. Archived fromthe original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved12 September 2010.
• "Athlete Biography: MOLMENTI Daniele".Beijing2008.cn.The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived fromthe original on 8 September 2008.
• Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines.CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 42–83 atWebCite (archived 9 November 2009). Additional archives:11 March 2016.

• Daniele Molmenti at theInternational Canoe Federation
• Daniele Molmenti atOlympedia
• Daniele Molmenti atOlympics.com
• Daniele Molmenti at theComitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano(in Italian)

• 1984 births
• Living people
• Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
• Italian male canoeists
• Olympic canoeists for Italy
• Sportspeople from Pordenone
• Olympic gold medalists for Italy
• Olympic medalists in canoeing
• Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
• Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
• 21st-century Italian sportsmen

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