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Margherita PorroHelmBorn in Brescia and with a degree in Sport Sciences, Margherita is a “Fiamme Gialle” athlete who began sailing on Lake Iseo at the age of 5. As a youth she won the world title in the O'pen Bic, Rs Tera and Rs Feva Classes. Very soon she started sailing in the 29er class, winning the World and European titles with bowwoman Sofia Leoni. In 2017 she began sailing on foiling boats, including the innovative Waszp, and then switched to the mixed catamaran Nacra 17 as helmswoman. In this Class (paired with Stefano Dezulian) in 2022 she won the Italian Championship and second place at the U24 Worlds. In 2024 she joins the Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli team and wins the Puig Women's America's Cup in Barcelona as co-helmsman of the AC40. If she were not a sailor, Margherita would cultivate her passion for the mountains, devoting herself in particular to mountain rescue.
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Massimiliano AntoniazziTrimConfirmed in the team for Sardinia, the young and highly talented Massimiliano ‘Max’ Antoniazzi, featured in almost all of the training sessions leading up to the Preliminary Regatta. Max has risen fast through the ILCA world, winning a silver medal at the Youth Europeans and competing in the Melges 24 and Switch foiling dinghy classes.
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Lorenzo SirenaHelmWith a famous father in Max Sirena, the CEO of Luna Rossa, Lorenzo Sirena was perhaps always destined for great things in sailing. Whilst his father was busy contesting the Louis Vuitton Cup Final in Barcelona in 2024, Lorenzo was up at Lake Garda fighting for the Nacra 15 Under 15 world championships. Going into the last day Lorenzo needed solid results to beat the charging French team who had been tipped for the title and scored three firsts to win at a canter alongside crew Alice Dessy. The two young sailors had been coached by Gigi Picciau of the Italian Sailing Federation and Marcella Mamusa of the Cagliari Yacht Club. Speaking on Instagram to his ever-growing following Lorenzo said: “It was a very hard-fought championship, until the last race. I am very satisfied with this performance, and I noticed great improvements compared to the last races. But I know there is a lot of work to do, though… I want to thank my family first of all! And then all the Italian Nacra15 team and our sparring partners, without them it would have been impossible!”
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Maria Vittoria MarchesiniTrimBorn in Trieste, Maria Vittoria started sailing at age of seven in the Optimist class (following her grandfather's advice) and at age 14 she won a bronze medal at the Women's Worlds. She then became helmswoman in 420, a class in which she won a bronze medal at the 2016 Women's Worlds. She then followed the Olympic 470 class where, in 2019, she won the World Junior Mixed gold and the European Junior Mixed bronze medal. In 2022 Maria Vittoria switched to 49erFX as bowwoman. In the same year she began her adventure with wingfoils, which she became so passionate about that she participated in multiple stages of the world championship in 2023. Also in 2023, at the helm of the 69F, she won third place in the Woman Foiling Gold Cup. She is enrolled in Economics and Management at the University and in her spare time enjoys hiking and skiing in the mountains, although her life passion is the world of sailing. In 2024 she joins Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli and that same year she is part of the sailing team that won the Puig Women's America's Cup.
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Giovanni SantiTrimAnother name confirmed just before the Sardinia Prelim Regatta was that of Giovanni Santi, a very rapid sailor who has come through fast on the 29er and 49er circuit at Youth level and is now performing in the AC40 class. One to watch.
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Alice LinussiTrimBorn in Trieste, Alice is a Communications undergraduate student. She began sailing at the age of seven on Optimists, moving then to the 420s as bowman where she won the world title when she was just 15 years old. She then switched to the Olympic 470 class in which she won the European Mixed Juniors title in 2019, taking the bronze in the overall ranking. In 2017, at 16, she helmed an 80-footer at the world's most attended regatta, the Barcolana, later winning (in its division) the 2023 edition. That same year she entered the world of foiling sailing, competing aboard a 69F in the Women Foiling Gold Cup (closing third). An avid alpine skier, she enjoys numerous sports, but sailing is her great passion. In 2024, on the eve of graduation, she joins Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli and that same year she is part of the sailing team that won the Puig Women's America's Cup.