Daniele Molmenti

Daniele Cristoforo Molmenti (born 1 August 1984 in Pordenone)^[1] is an Italian slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1999 to 2016.

Daniele Molmenti

Personal information
Full name	Daniele Cristoforo Molmenti
Nickname	Cali
Born	(1984-08-01) 1 August 1984 (age 40) Pordenone, Italy
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Canoe slalom
Event	K1
Club	G.S. Forestale
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking	No. 1 (2010-11, K1)
Medal record Olympic Games 2012 London K1 World Championships 2010 Tacen K1 2013 Prague K1 team 2005 Penrith K1 team 2006 Prague K1 team 2010 Tacen K1 team 2011 Bratislava K1 team European Championships 2009 Nottingham K1 2011 La Seu d'Urgell K1 2012 Augsburg K1 2008 Kraków K1 2008 Kraków K1 team 2004 Skopje K1 2005 Tacen K1 team 2015 Markkleeberg K1 team U23 European Championships 2005 Kraków K1 2005 Kraków K1 team 2007 Kraków K1 team 2006 Nottingham K1 2006 Nottingham K1 team Junior World Championships 2002 Nowy Sącz K1 Junior European Championships 2001 Bratislava K1

Career

On 1 August 2012, his 28th birthday, he won the gold medal in the K1 event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.^[2] Molmenti also finished tenth in the K1 event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Molmenti won six medals at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two golds (K1: 2010, K1 team: 2013), two silvers (K1 team: 2005, 2006), and two bronzes (K1 team: 2010, 2011).^[3]

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 K1.^[3] Molmenti finished the 2010 and 2011 seasons as the World No. 1 in the K1 event.^[4]

He announced his retirement from the sport in 2017, when he became the technical director of the Italian national team.^[5]

World Cup individual podiums

				Total
K1	7	5	1	13

Season	Date	Venue	Position	Event
2004	30 May 2004	Merano	1st	K1
2005	10 July 2005	Athens	2nd	K1
	24 July 2005	La Seu d'Urgell	1st	K1
2006	28 May 2006	Athens	1st	K1
2009	1 February 2009	Mangahao	2nd	K11
	5 July 2009	Bratislava	2nd	K1
	11 July 2009	Augsburg	3rd	K1
	3 August 2009	Kananaskis	1st	K12
2010	21 February 2010	Penrith	1st	K13
	20 June 2010	Prague	1st	K1
	27 June 2010	La Seu d'Urgell	1st	K1
2011	13 August 2011	Prague	2nd	K1
2016	4 June 2016	Ivrea	2nd	K1

¹ Oceania Championship counting for World Cup points

² Pan American Championship counting for World Cup points

³ Oceania Canoe Slalom Open counting for World Cup points

Other activities

In 2016, he was one of the Italian celebrities lending their support to the Green Cross campaign for World Water Day.^[6]

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Daniele Molmenti". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
2. "Daniele Molmenti of Italy wins men's kayak slalom". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
3. "Daniele MOLMENTI (ITA)". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
4. "ICF Canoe Slalom World Rankings". 14 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
5. Bacci, Antonio (26 January 2017). "Si ritira un grande: Daniele Molmenti" (in Italian). Retrieved 7 January 2018.
6. "Un tweet (e un'azione) per salvare l'acqua". La Stampa (in Italian). 22 March 2016.

• "2010 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships 12 September 2010 K1 men's total results". timing-mojstrana.com. Retrieved 12 September 2010.
• "Athlete Biography: MOLMENTI Daniele". Beijing2008.cn. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 8 September 2008.
• Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines. CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 42–83 at WebCite (archived 9 November 2009). Additional archives: 11 March 2016.

External links

• Daniele Molmenti at the International Canoe Federation
• Daniele Molmenti at Olympedia
• Daniele Molmenti at Olympics.com
• Daniele Molmenti at the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian)