Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Italy at the Olympic Games
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At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
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Italy is planning on sending a team to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.

A list of the members of the Italian Olympic team follows, or will be added when places in the team are earned.

Contents 1 Archery 2 Boxing 3 Canoeing 3.1 Flatwater 3.2 Slalom 4 Cycling 4.1 Road 4.2 Track 5 Equestrian 6 Gymnastics 6.1 Artistic 6.2 Rhythmic 6.3 Trampoline 7 Judo 7.1 Men 7.2 Women 8 Rowing 8.1 Men 8.2 Women 9 Taekwondo 10 Volleyball 10.1 Indoor 11 Weightlifting 12 Wrestling 13 References

[edit] Archery

Main articles: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

At the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships, Italy's men's team placed fifth and its women's team placed fourth. This qualified the nation to send full teams of three men and three women to the Olympics.^[1]

[edit] Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Flyweight (49–51 kg)

• Vincenzo Picardi

Lightweight (58–60 kg)

• Domenico Valentino

Super heavyweight (>91 kg)

• Roberto Cammarelle, Clemente Russo

[edit] Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

[edit] Flatwater

[edit] Slalom

Men's k-1

• Daniele Molmenti

Women's k-1

• Cristina Giai Pron

Men's C-2

• Andrea Benetti and Erik Masoero

[edit] Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

[edit] Road

• Paolo Bettini, Damiano Cunego, Davide Rebellin, Alessandro Ballan

[edit] Track

• Marco Pinotti

[edit] Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics

• Fabio Magni, Roberto Rotatori, Vittoria Panizzon, Francesco Zaza

[edit] Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

[edit] Artistic

Men

Matteo Angioletti, Enrico Pozzo, Alberto Busnari, Igor Cassina, Andrea Coppolino

Women

Vanessa Ferrari, Federica Macrì, Francesca Benolli, Lia Parolari, Silvia Zanolo, Monica Bergamelli

[edit] Rhythmic

Women

Elisa Blanchi, Fabrizia D'Ottavio, Marinella Falca, Daniela Masseroni, Elisa Santoni, Angelica Savrajuk

[edit] Trampoline

Men

Flavio Cannone

[edit] Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

[edit] Men

66 kg

Giovanni Nicola Casale

80 kg

Giuseppe Maddaloni

90 kg

Roberto Meloni

[edit] Women

57 kg

Giulia Quintavalle

70 kg

Ylenia Scapin

+78 kg

Lucia Morico

[edit] Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

[edit] Men

Coxless fours

Catello Amarante, Salvatore Amitrano, Rossano Galtarossa, Bruno Mascarenhas

Coxless pairs

Elia Luini, Marcello Miani

Quad sculls

Luca Ghezzi, Simone Raineri

[edit] Women

Double sculls

Elisabetta Sancassani, Laura Schiavone

[edit] Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's 80 kg

Mauro Sarmiento

Women's 57 kg

Veronica Calabrese

[edit] Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

[edit] Indoor

Women's team

Taismary Aguero, Sara Anzanello, Jenny Barazza, Paola Cardullo, Antonella Del Core, Francesca Ferretti, Simona Gioli, Martina Guiggi, Eleonora Lo Bianco, Francesca Piccinini (libero), Serena Ortolani, Manuela Secolo.

[edit] Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

56 kg

Vito Dellino

69 kg

Maurizio Bombaci, Giorgio De Luca

[edit] Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

96 kg

Daigoro Timoncini

[edit] References

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