Daniele Molmenti

Daniele Molmenti

Personal information
Nickname(s)	Cali
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1984-08-01) 1 August 1984 Pordenone, Italy
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Canoe slalom
Event(s)	K-1
Club	G.S. Forestale
Medal record Olympic Games 2012 London K-1 World Championships 2010 Tacen K-1 2013 Prague K-1 team 2005 Penrith K-1 team 2006 Prague K-1 team 2010 Tacen K-1 team 2011 Bratislava K-1 team European Championships 2009 Nottingham K-1 2011 La Seu d'Urgell K-1 2012 Augsburg K-1 2008 Kraków K-1 2008 Kraków K-1 team 2004 Skopje K-1 2005 Tacen K-1 team 2015 Markkleeberg K-1 team

Daniele Molmenti (born 1 August 1984 in Pordenone) is an Italian slalom canoeist who has competed since the late 1990s.

Achievements

On 1 August 2012, his 28th birthday, he won the gold medal in the men's kayak slalom at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.^[1] Molmenti also finished tenth in the K-1 event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

He won six medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two golds (K-1: 2010, K-1 team: 2013), two silvers (K-1 team: 2005, 2006), and two bronzes (K-1 team: 2010, 2011).

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 K-1.

In 2016, he is one of the Italian celebrities lending their support to the Green Cross campaign for World Water Day. ^[2]

References

External links

• Daniele Molmenti at Sports Reference
• 2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 12 September 2010 K-1 men's total results. – Retrieved 12 September 2010.
• Beijing2008.cn profile
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)