Valentina Marocchi

Valentina Marocchi ( born December 19, 1983 in Bolzano ) is a former Italian water jumper. It started in the 10 -meter platform diving and Brenda Spaziani in the 10 -meter synchronized diving. She was coached by her father Antonio Marocchi and Giorgio Cagnotto.

Marocchi started at the age of five years with the water jump. She won her first international medals at the European Junior Championships, she won gold in 1998, bronze in 2001 by the 10 - m tower. Their first international championship in the adult area, she contested at the 2003 World Cup in Barcelona, ​​but missed from the tower in the singles and Spaziani in synchronized competition each in the final. In 2004 they finally won their first medals. At the European Championships in Madrid, she reached the singles and Spaziani from the tower two bronze medals. Marocchoi participated in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens in part, but missed the single from the 3 -meter board and the 10 - m tower in each case the semi-finals. In the following years she reached at the World and European Championships several finals but could not win any more medals. They started in the Olympic Games 2008 in Beijing again in a single from the tower and reached the semi-finals in 15th place On the way home World Cup in 2009 in Rome, she missed with Spaziani tenth in the synchronous jumping the finals just barely.

Marocchi ended her playing career after the 2010 season.