Roberto Colazingari Explained

Roberto Colazingari
Nationality:Italian
Birth Date:7 April 1993[1]
Hometown:Subiaco, Lazio[2]
Country:Italy
Sport:Canoe slalom
Event:C1 & C2
Club:C.S. Carabinieri[3]
Coach:Daniele Molmenti
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Roberto Colazingari (born 7 May 1993) is an Italian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2008.[2] He is from Subiaco and trains with C.S. Carabinieri, coached by 2012 Olympic Champion Daniele Molmenti.[3] Roberto competed internationally in the C2 discipline in 2011 and 2012, now competing solely in C1.

Colazingari won two bronze medals in the C1 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, earning them in 2022 and 2023. Roberto has also won two medals at the European Championships in the C1 team event with a bronze in 2017 and a silver in 2021 at Tacen and Ivrea, respectively. His best senior world championship results are 5th (C1: 2017, Pau) and 42nd (C2: 2011, Bratislava).[4]

Roberto formed part of an historic triple victory for Italy, winning gold in C1 at the 2019 Canoe Slalom World Cup in Tacen to accompany Stefanie Horn and Giovanni De Gennaro's gold medals in women's and men's K1.[5] [6]

Colazingari has won three gold medals at the U23 World Championships in the C1 team (2015) and C1 (2012, 2014) events.[7] The two individual medals made him the first to win the title twice, an achievement met only by Nicolas Gestin in 2021.[1]

Colazingari began paddling with Subiaco Canoanium Club before joining Corpo Forestale dello Stato on 19 June 2012.[1] He is now a member of the Carabinieri, Italy's national gendarmerie, after it absorbed the State Forestry Corps at the end of 2016.[8]

Results

Complete World Cup results

YearWC1WC2WC3WC4WC5PointsPosition
2008Continent
 
Prague
32
Tacen
 
Augsburg
 
296th
2009Continent
 
Pau
 
Bratislava
41
Augsburg
42
451st
2010Continent
 
Prague
32
La Seu
45
Augsburg
 
488th
2011Tacen
17
L'Argentière
33
Markkleeberg
33
Prague
 
3039th
2012Cardiff
 
Pau
50
La Seu
 
Prague
12
Bratislava
27
4433rd
2013Cardiff
 
Augsburg
 
La Seu
19
Tacen
15
Bratislava
30
5729th
2014Lee Valley
30
Tacen
16
Prague
12
La Seu
 
Augsburg
 
6331st
2015Prague
 
Kraków
 
Liptovský Mikuláš
 
La Seu
 
Pau
20
4651st
2016Ivrea
5
La Seu
21
Pau
33
Prague
20
Tacen
17
14315th
2017Prague
16
Augsburg
15
Markkleeberg
13
Ivrea
13
La Seu
24
14915th
2018Liptovský Mikuláš
34
Kraków
12
Augsburg
15
Tacen
 
La Seu
23
9225th
2019Lee Valley
22
Bratislava
 
Tacen
1
Markkleeberg
20
Prague
14
1627th
2021Prague
13
Markkleeberg
19
La Seu
26
Pau
24
10118th

Notes and References

  1. News: April 27, 2014. ROBERTO COLAZINGARI ILLUMINA PENRITH. E'LUI IL CAMPIONE DEL MONDO NEL C1 U23 [Roberto Colazingari Illuminates Penrith. He is the World Champion in C1 U23] ]. Federazione Italiana Canoe Kayak . it . 27 August 2021.
  2. Web site: Roberto COLAZINGARI (ITA) . canoeicf.com. 27 August 2021.
  3. News: May 9, 2021. Italy closes the Canoe European Championships with 2 silvers . Italy24 News English . en . 27 August 2021.
  4. Web site: Roberto COLAZINGARI . CanoeSlalom.net . 27 August 2021.
  5. News: O'Kane . Patrick . June 29, 2019. Golden day for Italy as Horn and Colazingari claim historic double in Ljubljana . Inside the Games . en . 27 August 2021.
  6. News: June 30, 2019. Italy celebrates best slalom weekend ever . canoeicf.com . en . 27 August 2021.
  7. Web site: Canoeing - Roberto Colazingari. TheSports.org. en. 27 August 2021.
  8. News: February 11, 2016. Forestry corps to be dissolved Jan 1 . ANSA Politics. en . 27 August 2021.
  9. Web site: C1M official result list – World Cup Race 3 . 27 August 2021.