Nationality Italian
Residence Naples
Birth date November 23, 1966
Team Italia
Paolo, Helmsman is a strong believer of the great value of competing on the World Match Racing Tour and continues his efforts on becoming the first Italian to be crowned ISAF Match Racing World Champion.
World Match Racing Tour Results
2009 — 9th Overall
2008 — 7th Overall
2006-'07 — 3rd Overall
2005-'06 — 21st Overall
2003-’04 — 18th Overall
2010
10th — Korea Match Cup '10
(Crew: Pier Luigi Fornelli, Enrico Zennaro, Gaetano Figlia Di Granara, Manuele Paotti)
8th — Match Race Germany '10
(Crew: Pier Luigi Fornelli, Enrico Zennaro, Gaetano Figlia Di Granara, Philippe Buchard)
4th — Match Race France '10
(Crew: Pier Luigi Fornelli, Zennaro Enrico, Gaetano Figlia Di Granara)
2009
7th — Marseille International Match Race
(Crew: Pierluigi Fornelli, Pierluigi de Felice,Pietro Mantovani)
1st — Korea Match Cup
2008
5th — Monsoon Cup
(Crew: Pierluigi Fornelli, Pierluigi de Felice, Antar Vigna, Pietro Mantovani)
5th — Troia Portugal Match Cup
(Crew: Pierluigi de Felice, Guido Antar Vigna,Teva Plichart, Pierluigi Fornelli)
11th — St Moritz Match Race '08
(Crew: Teva Plichart, Pierluigi de Felice, Pierluigi Fornelli)
11th — Match Cup Sweden '08
(Crew: Pierluigi de Felice, Guido Antar Vigna,Teva Plichart, Pierluigi Fornelli)
6th — Korea Match Cup '08
(Crew: Pierluigi de Felice, Guido Antar Vigna,Teva Plichart, Pierluigi Fornelli)
11th — Match Race Germany '08
(Crew: Pierluigi de Felice, Antar Vigna,Teva Plichart, Pierluigi Fornelli )
1st — Brasil Sailing Cup '08
(Crew:Pierluigi Fornelli, Guido Antar Viana, Pierluigi De Felice, Teva Plichard)
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)
America’s 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 J24’European 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 - Corfù - 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 d’italia 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 Barcelona 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 Admiral’s 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.
Residence Naples
Birth date November 23, 1966
Team Italia
Paolo, Helmsman is a strong believer of the great value of competing on the World Match Racing Tour and continues his efforts on becoming the first Italian to be crowned ISAF Match Racing World Champion.
World Match Racing Tour Results
2009 — 9th Overall
2008 — 7th Overall
2006-'07 — 3rd Overall
2005-'06 — 21st Overall
2003-’04 — 18th Overall
2010
10th — Korea Match Cup '10
(Crew: Pier Luigi Fornelli, Enrico Zennaro, Gaetano Figlia Di Granara, Manuele Paotti)
8th — Match Race Germany '10
(Crew: Pier Luigi Fornelli, Enrico Zennaro, Gaetano Figlia Di Granara, Philippe Buchard)
4th — Match Race France '10
(Crew: Pier Luigi Fornelli, Zennaro Enrico, Gaetano Figlia Di Granara)
2009
7th — Marseille International Match Race
(Crew: Pierluigi Fornelli, Pierluigi de Felice,Pietro Mantovani)
1st — Korea Match Cup
2008
5th — Monsoon Cup
(Crew: Pierluigi Fornelli, Pierluigi de Felice, Antar Vigna, Pietro Mantovani)
5th — Troia Portugal Match Cup
(Crew: Pierluigi de Felice, Guido Antar Vigna,Teva Plichart, Pierluigi Fornelli)
11th — St Moritz Match Race '08
(Crew: Teva Plichart, Pierluigi de Felice, Pierluigi Fornelli)
11th — Match Cup Sweden '08
(Crew: Pierluigi de Felice, Guido Antar Vigna,Teva Plichart, Pierluigi Fornelli)
6th — Korea Match Cup '08
(Crew: Pierluigi de Felice, Guido Antar Vigna,Teva Plichart, Pierluigi Fornelli)
11th — Match Race Germany '08
(Crew: Pierluigi de Felice, Antar Vigna,Teva Plichart, Pierluigi Fornelli )
1st — Brasil Sailing Cup '08
(Crew:Pierluigi Fornelli, Guido Antar Viana, Pierluigi De Felice, Teva Plichard)
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)
America’s 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 J24’European 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 - Corfù - 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 d’italia 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 Barcelona 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 Admiral’s 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.
