18 Facts About Martino Goretti

Martino Goretti has represented at senior World Rowing Championships and World Rowing Cups consistently from 2005 to 2019.

Martino Goretti is a four time world champion at the senior level who won three titles in Italian lightweight eights from 2005 to 2009 and then in 2019 won the lightweight single scull world title.

Martino Goretti had previously won underage world championships as a junior and an U23.

In 2005 Martino Goretti broke into the Italian senior lightweight squad.

Martino Goretti raced in the lightweight coxless four at the World Rowing Cup II in Munich and then was seated in the Italian lightweight eight when they won gold at the WRC III in Lucerne.

Martino Goretti remained in the eight for the 2005 World Rowing Championships in Gifu where the Italian's took the world championship title.

In 2007 Martino Goretti was in the Italian lightweight eight when they took silver at the World Rowing Cup III in Lucerne, but he was not retained in the crew for their bronze-medal winning campaign at the World Championships in Munich.

Martino Goretti was selected in the Italian coxless four who finished fifth at the U23 World Championships in Glasgow.

Those circumstances repeated in 2008 when Martino Goretti won a gold medal in the Italian lightweight eight at the World Cup III in Poznan but was not selected for the 2008 World Rowing Championships.

In 2009 Martino Goretti stroked half of the lightweight eight when they raced as coxless fours at the WRC I in Banyoles and was back in the eight for their silver medal win at WRC III in Lucerne and then continuing to the 2009 World Rowing Championships in Poznan.

Martino Goretti led that same crew throughout 2011 when they won silver at the WRC III, gold at the European Championships, and silver at the 2011 World Rowing Championships in Bled.

Martino Goretti rowed on in Italian lightweights sweep crews after the 2012 Olympics.

Martino Goretti stroked a lightweight pair to a silver medal at the 2013 World Championships in Chungju and then in 2014 he was back in the coxless four which contested all the European World Rowing Cups, European Championships and the World Championships.

Martino Goretti was selected in the Italian lightweight quad scull which placed fourth at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota and then in 2018 he moved into a single scull.

Martino Goretti took silver at the European Championships and finished in seventh place at the 2018 World Rowing Championships.

In 2019 he timed his World Championships campaign to perfection, taking a silver at the European Championships, taking fifth place at the WRC II and then at the World Championships in Ottensheim Martino Goretti was unbeaten in the three preliminary races and then led in the final from start to finish to win his fourth career world championship title and his first as a single scull boatman.

Martino Goretti is well known for his willingness to try new innovations and the 2019 World Championships was no different.

Martino Goretti was the first to use the Randall Foil blade design at an international level.