Italian sprint canoer

Franco Benedini (born 7 June 1978) is an Italian sprint canoer who has competed since the mid-2000s. He won a bronze medal in the K-4 500 m at the 2005 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Zagreb.

Benedini also finished fourth in the K-4 1000 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

References

• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: fla*er (now sprint): 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-01-21). Additional archives: Wayback Machine.
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of fla*er (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et:al. "Franco Benedini". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2010-01-30.