Italian diver

Olympic Games2016 Rio de Janeiro3 m synchro2016 Rio de Janeiro3 m springboardWorld Championships2015 Kazan1 m2009 Rome3 m synchro2013 Barcelona3 m synchro2013 Barcelona1 m2005 Montreal3 m2007 Melbourne3 m2009 Rome3 m2011 Shanghai1 m2015 Kazan3 m2015 Kazan3 m mixed synchroEuropean Championships2004 Madrid10 m2008 Eindhoven10 m2009 Torino1 m2009 Torino3 m2009 Torino3 m synchro2010 Budapest1 m2010 Budapest3 m synchro2011 Torino1 m2011 Torino3 m synchro2012 Eindhoven3 m synchro2013 Rostock1 m2013 Rostock3 m synchro2014 Berlin1 m2014 Berlin3 m synchro2015 Rostock1m2015 Rostock3 m synchro2015 Rostock3 m2016 London1 m2016 London3 m2016 London3 m synchro2002 Berlin10 m2012 Eindhoven1 m2013 Rostock3 m2014 Berlin3 m2016 LondonMixed 3 m synchro2002 Berlin3 m synchro2004 Madrid1 m2008 Eindhoven10 m synchro2011 Torino3 m

Tania Cagnotto (Italian pronunciation::; born 15 May 1985) is an Italian diver. She is the first female Italian diver to win a medal in a World Championship. A five-time Olympian, she won medals in both individual and synchronized springboard diving in her final appearance at the Olympics in 2016. She is also a 20-time champion at the European level.

Contents

• 1 Biography
• 2 Olympic results
• 3 Personal life
• 4 See also
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Biography

Tania Cagnotto was born in Bolzano, the daughter of Giorgio Cagnotto and Carmen Casteiner. Her parents were both Olympic divers, with her father winning four Olympic medals in the 1970s and 1980s.

Cagnotto was sponsored by the sport section of the Italian police force, GN Fiamme Gialle – Bolzano Nuoto.

Tania Cagnotto in 2009 World Championship

Cagnotto won her first European gold medal at the 2004 championships in Madrid at the age of 19, winning the 10-meter platform event and also receiving a bronze medal for her performance in the 3-meter springboard compe*ion. After a disappointing performance in the 10-meter platform final round at the Montreal 2005 World Championships, she won the bronze medal in the 3-meter springboard event. Cagnotto won a third consecutive bronze medal in the 3-meter springboard at the Rome 2009 World Championships, after a 4th place in the 1-meter springboard event. Together with Francesca Dallapè, she also won a silver medal in the 3-meter springboard synchronized event.

Cagnotto competed in the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona, getting the silver medal in 1m springboard only 0.1 marks behind champion He Zi. She won the gold medal in the 1-meter springboard at the 2015 FINA World Championship held in Kazan; she was the first Italian female diver to win a World Championship in diving. In the same event, Cagnotto also won the bronze medal in the 3-meter springboard.

Cagnotto announced that the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, her fifth Olympic games, were to be her last compe*ive events. After narrowly missing medals in London, she finally won a silver in the 3m synchro (with her partner Francesca Dallapé) and bronze in the women's 3m.

Cagnotto competed in Torino in 12-14 May 2017 in 1m springboard as her last compe*ion before retirement. She stated that she would coach diving after her ending her compe*ive career.

Olympic results

Personal life

Cagnotto is married to Stefano Parolin. She gave birth in Bolzano to their first child, daughter Maya, on 23 January 2018. In 2021 she gave birth to their second daughter, Lisa

See also

• Italian sportswomen multiple medalists at Olympics and World Championships

References

External links

• Tania Cagnotto at FINA
• Tania Cagnotto at Ins*ute for Applied Training Science (IAT) (in German)
• Tania Cagnotto at Olympedia
• Tania Cagnotto at the Italian Olympic Committee (in Italian)
• Media related to Tania Cagnotto at Wikimedia Commons