- Federazione Italiana Canoa Kayak

ITALY AMONG THE 19 COUNTRIES AT THE 2016 DRAGON BOAT WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIPS
72 ATHLETES IN AZZURRO RACING IN MOSCOW FROM THE 6TH TO 11TH OF
SEPTEMBER
AN IMPORTANT STEP IN THE LEAD UP TO VENICE 2017
Venice, the 5th of September 2016 - Seventy-two athletes will wear the blue of Italy at the 2016
Dragon Boat World Championship, which kicks off tomorrow, Tuesday the 6th September and
goes on until Sunday the 11th in Moscow. 19 nations will be represented (only Italy will field
2 teams for each distance) challenging each other on the flat water of the Krylatskoe Olympic
Course, on board of the 10-man and 20-man dragon boats, in the Junior, Senior and Master
categories and over the distances of 200, 500 and 2,000 meters.
An important event (www.dragonmoscow2016.ru) not only on technical and competitive
aspects, but also from a symbolic point of view, since at the conclusion of the competition, the
city of Moscow will pass the flag to Venice who, from 3rd to 8th of September 2017, will be
host to the World Dragon Boat Championships for Clubs (www.venice2017.com).
These are the 19 nations competing in Moscow 2016: Armenia, Canada, Estonia, Philippines,
France, Germany, Japan, Hong Kong, Italy, India, Moldova, Poland, Czech Republic, Russia,
United States, Sweden, Thailand, Ukraine, Hungary.
"These World Championships are going to be hard - explains Andrea Bedin, venetian team
leader, head of the Italian Canoe Kayak Federation dragon boat - but we are prepared to face
every challenge with determination, both in and out of the water."
Here are all the athletes and the members of the expedition:
SENIOR MEN – Canottieri Ticino Pavia: Juljan Rushaj. Polisporthiva Albalonga Castel
Gandolfo: Marco Maisano, Fabio Angelini, Stefano Degasperi. Canottieri Padova: Michele
Galantucci, Michele Noventa, Leonardo Galantucci, Alberto Colangelo. Lago di Candia: Mihail
Misha Vortolomei, Senia Ivanov. La Darsena Bardolino: Fabio Fontana. Idroscalo
Club: Francesco Cotilli, Nicola Mignano. Remiera Toscolano Maderno: Daniele Melotti.
SENIOR WOMEN – Canottieri Padova: Linda Impagliazzo, Ilenia Padoan. Polisporthiva
Albalonga Castel Gandolfo: Veronica Vigliotti. Dragolago Bracciano: Wara De Pascalis. La
Darsena Bardolino: Andreea Daniela Busegeanu, Silvia Lui. Idroscalo Club Milano: Paola Teoldi.
MASTER MEN – Polisporthiva Albalonga Castel Gandolfo: Luca Barnaba, Paolo Maisano, Fabio
Vergari, Daniele Puddu, Lorenzo Roccabruna, Silvio Holler, Paolo Marchetti, Marco Russo.
Canottieri Ticino Pavia: Roberto Barbieri, Marco Orlandi, Fabio Blandini. Aisa Sport Castel
Gandolfo: Maurizio De Luca, Cristiano Galassini, Paolo Palazzi. Canottieri Padova: Sergio
Lovison. Padova Canoa: Federico Nardi. The Core Sabaudia: Marco Travascio, Antonio
Perdicaro, Stefano Perboni. Idroscalo Club Milano: Pietro Bottan, Luca Basso, Mauro Rossetti. La
Darsena Bardolino: Matteo Bergamini. Circolo Kayak Castel Gandolfo: Alessandro Lolli.
MASTER WOMEN – Polisporthiva Albalonga Castel Gandolfo: Marina Diano, Elisabetta Russo,
Delia Donati, Maria Grazia Punzo, Irina Zhurikhina, Cristina Bampi. Canottieri Ticino
Pavia: Maristela Bordon Garcia, Cristina Tassorelli. Aisa Sport Castel Gandolfo: Noemi Pavoni,
Simona Porfili, Vania Siciliano. Canottieri Mestre: Valeria Paolin, Manuela Pieretto, Cristina
Piroddi, Tiziana Zennaro. Dragolago Bracciano: Stefania Del Busso, Federica Fiorini. The Core
Sabaudia: Patrizia Semenzato. Remiera Toscolano Maderno: Paola Inselvini. Idroscalo Club
Milano: Nicoletta Gatti, Rocchina Maddaluno.
STEERSMEN (or HELMSMEN)– Idroscalo Club Milano: Giorgio Caccamo. Punta Sorresca
Sabaudia: Stefano Tosi. Remiera Toscolano Maderno: Stefano Bignotti. Dragolago Bracciano:
Antonio Angelo.
DRUMMERS – Idroscalo Club: Francesca Pricca. Dragolago Bracciano: Kitula De Pascalis.
COACHES – Venice Canoe & Dragon Boat: Andrea Bedin. Polisporthiva Albalonga Castel
Gandolfo: Paolo Maisano, Paolo Marchetti, Alberto Ciocci.
LOGISTICS E ADMINISTRATION – Polisporthiva Albalonga Castel Gandolfo: Mauro Melfa.
Remiera Toscolano Maderno: Paolo Rosina.
Information about the Italian National Team is available on www.federcanoa.it/dragonboat or
www.facebook.com/dragonboatitalia. Moreover, you can find all the news from Moscow 2016 on
the official Facebook and Twitter page of Venice2017 (www.facebook.com/venice2017 ;
@venice2017 ).