Saturnia Leads Closely Contested Italian Beach Sprint National Championships

Counting senior and junior results, but not masters, rowers from Circolo Canottieri Saturnia took a narrow overall win at the 2026 Italian beach sprint championships in Trieste last weekend. Saturnia picked up four golds, two silvers and three bronzes to lead Pelororow (three golds, four silvers and one bronze) and Società Canottieri Palermo (three golds, one silver and one bronze).

In total, 20 different Italian clubs won medals across 18 different under-19, under-23 and senior disciplines. Many of Italy’s rowers from last year’s world championships took part, and a handful went home with national titles.

Maria Elena Zerboni raced in the mixed quads at Antalya 2025, and picked up two gold medals (in the women’s solos and mixed quads) for Saturnia at the Italian championships. Giovanni Ficarra represented Italy in the men’s solos and mixed quad last year, and won Italian titles in the men’s solos and doubles for Pelororow. Ilaria Bavazzano was also part of the Italian mixed quad in Turkey, and won a gold in the women’s doubles, plus silver in the solos, in Trieste for Urania. And Maja Antoni, who raced in the under-19 women’s doubles at worlds, won gold with Zerboni in the Saturnia quad.

The complete junior and senior podiums from the Italian beach sprint championships were:

CW1x:

1. Maria Elena Zerboni – Saturnia CC
2. Ilaria Bavazzano – Urania
3. Federica Cesarini – Fiamme Oro

CM1x:

1. Giovanni Ficarra – Pelororow
2. Leonardo Tedoldi – Fiammegialle
3. Antonio Vicino – G.S.M.M.

CW2x:

1. Carlotta Savona, Ilaria Bavazzano – Urania
2. Arianna Noseda, Paola Piazzolla – Fiamme Rosse
3. Alice Ramella, Arianna Ramella – Santostefano

CM2x:

1. Leonardo Tedoldi, Federico Ceccarino – Fiammegialle
2. Daniele Maria Loconsole, Gabriele Loconsole – Aeronauticam
3. Jody Felli, Federico Mugnani – Renese

CMix2x:

1. Linda De Filippis, Antonio Vicino – G.S.M.M.
2. Chiara Tamborrino, Luigi Dolce – Barion CC
3. Luca Vitobello, Silvia Tripi – Napoli CC

CMix4x+:

1. Evan Benvenuto, Gustavo Ferrio, Maria Elena Zerboni, Maja Antoni, Francesco Pianella – Saturnia CC
2. Domenico Sorrenti, Andrea Sciavicco Fasano, Sabrina Antoinette Batdorf, Ornella Longo, Giorgio Bernava – Pelororow
3. Luigi Dolce, Claudio Straziota, Gabriella Biscardi, Eva Gatto, Pasquale Bellomo – Barion CC

U23 CW1x:

1. Irene Lo Giudice – Pelororow
2. Arianna Ramella – Santostefano
3. Nina Gon – Timavo SC

U23 CM1x:

1. Mattia Cumin – Timavo SC
2. Lucio Fugazzotto – Fiammegialle
3. Marco Frigo – Arolo SC

U23 CW2x:

1. Chiarra Tamborrino, Alessandra Quaranta – Barion CC
2. Irene Lo Giudice, Gaia Saija – Pelororow
3. Eva Gatto, Sofia Caliandro – Barion CC

U23 CM2x:

1. Andrea Frigo, Marco Frigo – Arolo SC
2. Michelangelo Quaranta, Pasquale Tamborrino – Barion CC
3. Domagoj Saban, Matteo Trevisan – Saturnia CC

U23 CMix2x:

1. Michelangelo Quaranta, Alessandra Quaranta – Barion CC
2. Federica Chisena, Stefan Magazzu’ – Palermo SC
3. Tea Fortunat, Matteo Trevisan – Saturnia CC

U23 CMix4x+:

1. Federica Chisena, Giuseppe Cincimino, Martina Scarpello, Stefan Magazzu’, Giorgia Cassina – Palermo SC
2. Vittoria Wedam, Domagoj Saban, Tea Fortunat, Samuele Zanella, Edoardo Igor Rovina – Saturnia CC
3. Claudio Straziota, Gabriella Biscardi, Federico Biscardi, Sofia Caliandro, Pasquale Bellomo – Barion CC

U19 CW1x:

1. Carlotta Savona – Urania
2. Silvia Messina – Pelororow
3. Giorgia Cassina – Palermo SC

U19 CM1x:

1. Federico Andrei Munteanu – Palermo SC
2. Andrea Boucher – Saturnia CC
3. Andrea Sciavicco Fasano – Pelororow

U19 CW2x:

1. Mariantonietta Trischitta, Aurora Messina – Pelororow
2. Barbara Cilli, Sofia Fiorella – LNI Barletta
3. Azija Emma Brajuha, Veronica Zucchini – Cernobbio SC

U19 CM2x:

1. Andrea Boucher, Sebastiano Guido Monti – Saturnia CC
2. Matteo Donato, Lorenzo Visalli – Pelororow
3. Francesco Scaglione, Christian Baia – Paradiso CN

U19 CMix2x:

1. Federico Andrei Munteanu, Giorgia Cassina – Palermo SC
2. Paola Maria Malinconico, Giulio Boatini – LNI Savona
3. Eleonora Diamanti lelli, Sebastiano Guido Monti – Saturnia CC

U19 CMix4x+:

1. Michele Bon, Daniele Gelleti, Giulia Lesini, Lisa Tamburini, Francesco Pianella – Saturnia CC
2. Azija Emma Brajuha, Riccardo Paredi, Matteo Salzano, Veronica Zucchini, Niccolo’ Frances Biasio Angel – Cernobbio SC/Arolo SC
3. Michele Grosso, Federica Ivone, Gianmarco Puca, Syria Andrea Traetta, Matteo Demichele – Pro Monopoli