| Daniele Molmenti | |
| Nickname: | Cali |
| Birth Date: | 1984 8, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Pordenone, Italy |
| Height: | 1.71 m |
| Weight: | 69 kg |
| Sport: | Canoe slalom |
| Event: | K1 |
| Club: | G.S. Forestale |
| Highestranking: | No. 1 (2010-11, K1) |
Daniele Cristoforo Molmenti (born 1 August 1984 in Pordenone)[1] is an Italian slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1999 to 2016.
On 1 August 2012, his 28th birthday, he won the gold medal in the K1 event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[2] Molmenti also finished tenth in the K1 event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Molmenti won six medals at the ICF 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 the European Champion from 2009, 2011 and 2012. He also has 2 silver and 3 bronze medals from the European Championships. In 2010 he won the overall World Cup title in K1.[3] Molmenti finished the 2010 and 2011 seasons as the World 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 |
| Season | Date | Venue | Position | Event | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 30 May 2004 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | K1 | ||
| 2005 | 10 July 2005 | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | K1 | ||
| 24 July 2005 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | K1 | |||
| 2006 | 28 May 2006 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | K1 | ||
| 2009 | 1 February 2009 | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | K11 | ||
| 5 July 2009 | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | K1 | |||
| 11 July 2009 | 3rd | K1 | ||||
| 3 August 2009 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | K12 | |||
| 2010 | 21 February 2010 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | K13 | ||
| 20 June 2010 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | K1 | |||
| 27 June 2010 | bgcolor=gold | 1st | K1 | |||
| 2011 | 13 August 2011 | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | K1 | ||
| 2016 | 4 June 2016 | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | K1 |
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 the Green Cross campaign for World Water Day.[6]