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Italian skipper Paolo Cian. (World Tour/Guido Cantini)
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Johnie Berntsson (2) and Paolo Cian work downwind in Flight 4 of their semifinal match, won 3-2 by Berntsson. (World Tour/Guido Cantini)
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Nello Pavoni, Pierluigi Fornelli and Paolo Cian (left to right) and the 45-pound King of the Mountain trophy. (World Tour/Guido Cantini photo)
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Nationality Italian
Residence Naples
Birth date November 23, 1966
Team Shosholoza
Paolo, Helmsman and Sport Director for Team Shosholoza, is a strong believer of the great value of competing on the World Match Racing Tour. Because of Americas Cup and other sailing commitments, in the last 5 years, he could not participate consistantly on the World Match Racing Tour. Nevertheless he has been a fixture in the top 5 during the last few years.
2007 is the first year he has taken part in almost all WMRT events scoring convincing victories and team consistency.
Paolo and his Shosholoza Team is currently ranked 3rd in the WMRT and 2nd in the ISAF world ranking.
World Match Racing Tour Results
2006 - '07
4th - Monsoon Cup '07
(Crew:Pierluigi Fornelli, Antar Vigna, Pierluigi De Felice, Nando Colaninno)
3rd - Brasil Sailing Cup '07
(Crew:Pierluigi Fornelli, Antar Vigma, Pierluigi De Felice, Teva Plichard)
5th - Bermuda Gold Cup '07
(Crew: Teva Plichart, Pierluigi de Felice, Pierluigi Fornelli)
5th Latium Match Cup '07
(Crew: Pierluigi Fornelli, Nello Pavoni, Pierluigi de Felice, Pietro Mantovani)
4th St Moritz 07
(Crew: Nello Pavoni Pierluigi Fornelli)
11th Danish Open '07
(Crew: Pierluigi Fornelli, Nello Pavoni, Pierluigi de Felice, Pietro Mantovani)
6th - Troia Portugal Match Cup '07
(Crew: Pierluigi Fornelli, Nello Pavoni, Pierluigi de Felice, Pietro Mantovani)
1st Match Race Germany 07
(Crew: Pierluigi Fornelli, Pierluigi de Felice, Santino Brizzi, Pietro Mantovani)
7th - Monsoon Cup '06
(Crew:Ian Ainslie, Fernando Colaninno, Pierluigi Fornelli, David Rae)
5th - Allianz Cup '06
(crew: Nando Colaninno, Nello Pavoni, Pierluigi Fornelli)
1st - St Moritz '06
(crew: Nello Pavoni, Pierluigi Fornelli)
2005 - '06
4th - ACI Cup
(crew: Nando Colaninno, Nello Pavoni, Pierluigi Fornelli)
2004-05
No events sailed
2003-04
5th Nippon Cup 03
12th Danish Open 03
12th Toscana Elba Cup 04
2002-03
3rd Toscana Elba Cup Trofeo Locman 03
4th UBS Challenge 02
4th Congressional Cup 03
6th ACI Cup 03
12th Swedish Match Cup 03
2001-02
3rd Steinlager Line 7 Cup 02
8th Trofeo Challenge Roberto Trombini 01
10th ACI Cup 02
2000-01
12th ACI Cup 01
2000
No events sailed.
Other ISAF match Race results
1st ACI Cup 07
(crew: Pierluigi Fornelli, Teva Plichart, Pierluigi de Felice, Pietro Mantovani)
2nd Cento Cup 07
(crew: Teva Plichart, Gilles Favennec, Pietro Mantovani)
2nd Trombini Trophy 07
(crew: Nando Colaninno, Nello Pavoni, Pierluigi Fornelli)
2nd - Trombini Trophy 06
(crew: Nando Colaninno, Nello Pavoni, Pierluigi Fornelli)
2nd - Marseille Match Cup 06
(crew: Nando Colaninno, Nello Pavoni, Pierluigi Fornelli)
1st - Cento Cup 05
(crew: Nando Colaninno, Nello Pavoni, Pierluigi Fornelli)
1st - Trombini Trophy 05
(crew: Nando Colaninno, Nello Pavoni, Pierluigi Fornelli)
1st - Cento Cup 04
(crew: Nando Colaninno, Nello Pavoni, Pierluigi Fornelli)
1st - Jeep Challenge 04
(crew: Nando Colaninno, Nello Pavoni, Pierluigi Fornelli, Pierluigi de Felice, Pietro Mantovani)
Americas Cup Affiliation
2003: Mascalzone Latino 2003 Helmsman, 9th Louis Vuitton Cup
2007: Shosholoza Challenge - Helmsman and Sport Director
Further Sailing Accomplishments
3rd 2005 Match Racing World Championship
10 Italian titles
(Optimist ,420,470,IMS sport boat,Soling,B25)
4 Bronze Medals
3rd Junior Lightning World Champ. '84 New Jersey USA
3rd IYRU 470 World Champ. '94 La Rochelle FRA
3rd World ISAF Ranking 470 94
3rd Soling World Champ. '98 Milwaukee USA
3rd Match Race World Champ. 05 Calpe ESP
4 Silver Medals
2nd 470 Med. Games '93 Languedoc FRA
2nd J24 European Champ. '94 Medemblik NED
2nd J24European Champ. '96 Marsrand SWE
2nd ILC 25' World Champ. '98 Malta MAL
2 Gold Medals
1st World Military Games 470 '95 Roma ITA
1st European Champ. J24 01 Medemblik HOL
Soling results
1st Soling Med. Champ.'98 Sanremo ITA
4th European Champ. 98 Izola SLO
5th European Champ. 99 NOR
4th Pre-Olympics 99 Sydney AUS
3th World Ranking 99
Offshore racing
1st Sardinia Cup '96 Mumm 36 ITA
1st Roma per Tutti '97 J44' 600 M
1st Rimini - Corfω - Rimini '98 Open 65' 1000 M record holder
1st Barcolana '98 Open 65' ITA
4th Sydney 40' World Champ. '99 Sydney 40' GBR
4th Admiral's Cup team ITA '99 Sydney 40' GBR
1st Giro d'Italia a vela '00 giro 34' 1500M
1st Giraglia Rolex Cup '00 Open 65' 350 M record holder
1st Sardinia Cup '00 IMX40' ITA
1st Sardinia Cup '00 Team ESP ITA
3rd IMS World Champ. Capri 02 Ims 52 ITA
1st Giro ditalia a vela 03 giro34 1500 miles
Additional Information
Italian Paolo Cian began his sailing carrier racing 5 years in the Optimist dinghy class winning the Cadet Italian Championship in 1978 and becoming a member of the Italian National Team.
Continuing in the double ended 420 dinghy winning several Italian Titles, and reaching 7th and 6th place in the World Championship in 1983 in the USA and in 1985 in Italy respectively.
He began racing in the 470 Olympic class in 1988, winning the Italian title in the same year and achieving international success. (top 3 ISAF ranking for two years) and finishing 2nd in the national trials for Barcellona 1996.
In 1998 began his olympic Soling campaign, where he started match racing, obtaining several excellent results including Bronze at the World Championships in the USA 1998 and 4th at the Pre-olympic Regatta in Sydney, becoming a member of the Italian Olympic Club. Unfortunatelly ending 2nd in the final trials for Sydney 2000.
As well as racing in Olympic classes and sports boats, Paolo kept improving his big boat experience competing in offshore events, including the Admirals Cup in 1999 at the helm of the Italian Sydney 40.
Devoted to match racing since 2000, Paolo and his team reached excellent results worldwide being the first Italian to be consistently placed in the top 10 world ranking. Thanks to these outstanding results Paolo was chosen for the helm of the young Italian Team, Mascalzone Latino to challenge the Cup in 2003 in Auckland.
Straight after the elimination of Mascalzone notable was the proposal from Dennis Conner to join Team Stars and Stripes as helmsman of the B boat for the preparation of the quarter finals.
Thanks to the world ranking and his skill and experience in match racing, in March 2006 Paolo was asked to join the first ever South African Challenge, Team Shosholoza, as afterguard and Match Race coach.
He took the opportunity to confirm his talent in match racing, having the responsibility as presrtart helmsman and finally helming the boat for all the races during Act 13 and the Challenger series the Louis Vuitton Cup ending with a remarkable 7th place.
Paolo is currently 3rd in the World Match Race Tour and 3rd in the ISAF World MR Ranking.
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