Laura Milani

Laura Milani (* thirtieth September 1984 in Milan ) is an Italian lightweight - rower .

Athletic career

Milani started rowing in 2001. In 2002 she won the bronze medal in the single at the Junior World Championships . In the same year she also competed at the world championships in the adult class and took 15th place in the lightweight single. In 2004 she took fifth place with Giulia Cappabianca in the lightweight double scull at the U23 World Championships , in 2005 she won the silver medal with Erika Mai. At the 2005 World Championships , Mai and Milani finished ninth. In 2006, Francesca Gallo and Laura Milani finished fifth at the U23 World Championships , and they both finished 17th at the World Championships . In 2007, Erika Bello and Laura Milani achieved twelfth place at the world championships with the lightweight double scull , and at the European championships they both won the bronze medal. At the 2008 World Championships , Laura Milani competed in the lightweight single and finished eighth. A year later, only the Swiss Pamela Weisshaupt was ahead of Laura Milani at the 2009 World Championships . Followed the silver medal from 2009 in 2010 the bronze medal behind the German Marie-Louise Draeger and the New Zealander Louise Ayling after Milani previously bronze at the European Championships in 2010 had won.

In the pre-Olympic year 2011, Laura Milani returned to the Olympic boat class of lightweight double sculls and together with Enrica Marasca took tenth place at the World Championships , the first eight boats qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games. At the European Championships in 2011 , Marasca and Milani won the bronze medal. Laura Milani started together with Erika Bello in the last Olympic qualification regatta in Lucerne in May 2012: The first two boats qualified for London, the Italians were the third boat to cross the finish line. At the end of the season, the 2012 European Championships took place in Varese, where Laura Milani and Elisabetta Sancassani won the title in front of a home crowd. The two defended this title at the 2013 European Championships , also won the 2013 World Cup in Lucerne and at the end of the season they won the title at the 2013 World Championships in Chungju . In 2014 Milani and Sancassani won their third consecutive European title , and they both finished sixth at the World Championships .

After a completely botched 2015 season, Milani and Sancassani took eighth place at the 2016 World Cup opener in Varese, with the second Italian double scull with Giulia Pollini and Valentina Rodini taking tenth place . At the last Olympic qualification in Lucerne, Milani and Sancassani rowed to third place. Due to the exclusion of the already qualified Russian lightweight double scull after the McLaren report was published, the Italian lightweight double scull was subsequently invited to the 2016 Olympic Games as the first successor from the Olympic qualification . In Rio de Janeiro, Milani and Rodini took 13th place out of 20 participating boats.

Web links

• Laura Milani at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )
• Laura Milani in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )