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Italian by birth, and now a citizen of the USA, residing in Utah, USA with her wife and daughter, Francesca Clapcich’s career has taken her from the Mediterranean shores of Trieste in Italy to the biggest stages of professional sport. She has twice represented her country at the Olympic Games, is a World Champion, European Champion, Italian Sailor of the Year, the first Italian to win The Ocean Race, a CrossFit Coach, triathlete, and ski instructor. Francesca is the only Italian to win The Ocean Race - the world’s longest and toughest team sporting event - competing with 11th Hour Racing Team in 2023. She is also the first female Italian to compete in the notoriously challenging Solitaire du Figaro - a solo multi-stage sprint around the coastline of France - where she was presented with the Fighting Spirit award. A trail-blazer from the first day she started sailing, aged 11, at her local yacht club in Trieste, within three years she was called up to be part of the Italian Sailing Federation’s Olympic program. After studying nautical construction in high school, Francesca went on to study for a degree in sports science at San Raffaele University in Rome, with a thesis on Olympic Performance. After graduating, she joined the Italian Air Force in their elite athlete program, where she served for nine years, finishing as a Senior Airman. She regularly represented the armed forces at national and international institutional events, while having the opportunity to race full-time.
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