Role
Former athlete, diving champion, and multiple Olympic medalist. Vice President of the Italian Swimming Federation (FIN) and member of the CONI National Council representing the National Sports Federations.
Bio
Tania Cagnotto is an Italian diver. Born into a diving career, she learned technical skills from her mother, Carmen Casteiner, and continued her competitive career under the guidance of her father, Giorgio Cagnotto. She made her Olympic debut at the age of 15, in Sydney 2000. Her competitive career is tied to diving , the Olympic Games , and athletic performance .
Her Olympic honours include the silver medal in the synchronized three-meter springboard, won in tandem with Francesca Dallapè, and the bronze medal in the individual three-meter springboard, both at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
In his twenty-year career, he has won a total of sixty-two international medals. He has achieved ten world championship podiums, including the gold medal in the one-meter springboard at Kazan 2015, three silver medals, and six bronze medals. At the European level, he has won twenty-nine medals in total, including twenty gold, five silver, and four bronze. He announced his permanent retirement from competition in 2020.
She is the author of the volumes Oro, argento e Tania , Il pinguino che non vuole dive e Che dive, la vita!. After the end of her sporting career she started her career as a
manager; in October 2024 she was appointed vice president of the Italian Swimming Federation and, in June 2025, she was elected to the CONI National Board.