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Il quinto oro europeo di Chiara Pellacani nel trampolino 3 metri sincro con Elisa Pizzini

06 Aug

Chiara Pellacani's fifth European gold medal in the 3-meter synchronized springboard with Elisa Pizzini

Chiara Pellacani, Elena Bertocchi, Elisa Pizzini, Matteo Santoro, Oscar Bertone

Never before had an athlete won five gold medals in a single European Diving Championships. Chiara Pellacani achieved this feat, teaming with Elisa Pizzini topping the podium in the 3-meter synchronized springboard event after a flawless and dominant final with a score of 308.07, representing an Olympic medal-winning score. Ukrainians Kseniia Bochek and Diana Karnafel rounded out the podium with a score of 278.40, edging out Germany's Lena Hentschell and Jette Muller, who finished third with 274.59. This is Chiara Pellacani's fifth gold medal in as many events at the continental event in Paris. Italy returns…

Legendary Chiara Pellacani wins her fourth European gold medal in diving.

Blessed Molaioli, CC Aniene, Elisa Pizzini, Yellow Flames Sports Group, MR Sport F.lli Marconi, Nadezhda Trifonova, Nikita Shleikher, Raffaele Pelligra, Ruslan Ternovoi Chiara Pellacani, Simone Conte, Thomas Marconi, Yasmin Harper

Chiara Pellacani made history on the three-meter springboard, winning her fourth gold medal at the European Championships in Paris, following those in the team event, the mixed synchronized diving with Matteo Santoro, and the meter dive. No one had ever won four gold medals in a single European Diving Championships. At the 2022 European Championships in Rome, she had already become the first and only athlete in diving history to win five medals in a single edition (two golds, one silver, and two bronzes). The 23-year-old Roman—registered with Fiamme Gialle and MR Sport F.lli Marconi, and coached by Tommaso Marconi in Italy—dominated…

Chiara Pellacani wins two European gold medals in diving, one with Matteo Santoro.

Chiara Pellacani, Elisa Pizzini, Matteo Santoro

After the world title, finally the continental one. Chiara Pellacani and Matteo Santoro, world champions at Singapore 2025, won their second gold medal in diving at the European Championships in Paris, dominating the 3-meter synchro medley final with 305.85 points, the only two to surpass the 300-point threshold. Pellacani and Santoro were already on the top step of the European podium in the team event. Santoro and Pellacani are a duo that have now entered the history of Italian diving. Growing up together, bound by a relationship that transcends sport and which they themselves describe as almost brotherly, the two Roman divers based in the…