TONTODONATI Kiri

Italy

Rowing

Date of Birth: 4 Sep 1994

Age: 26

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.78/5'10''

Place of birth: CANBERRA, ACT

Birth Country:

Australia

Place of residence : GENOA

Residence Country:

Italy

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Rowing	Women's Pair ITA Italy	12

Schedule

Change

Location	Event	Status
Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Pair Heat 1 #31	Finished
Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Pair Semifinal A/B 2 #90	Finished
Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Pair Final B #118	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

World Championships

Year	Location	2-	2x
2019	Linz, AUT	6	-
2018	Plovdiv, BUL	-	15
2017	Sarasota, FL, USA	-	9

European Championships

Year	Location	1x	2-	2x	4-
2021	Varese, ITA	-	-	-	6
2020	Poznan, POL	-	-	-	2
2019	Lucerne, SUI	-	3	-	-
2018	Glasgow, GBR	4	-	-	-
2017	Racice, CZE	-	-	3	-

World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
5	Pair	2019	Poznan, POL	7:53.09
6	Pair	2021	Sabaudia, ITA	7:07.27
7	Double Sculls	2017	Lucerne, SUI	7:10.30
9	Single Sculls	2018	Linz, AUT	7:34.44

World Championships Under 23

Year	Location	4x
2016	Rotterdam, NED	4

Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, EXC - Excluded

Nickname:

Ciro ["It's a version of my name in the Neapolitan dialect so they call me Ciro as a joke"]. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

Previous names:

Kiri Hawke

Hobbies:

Languages, motorcycles, watching television shows. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

Occupation:

Police Athlete

Education:

Psychology - University of Studies Guglielmo Marconi, Rome, ITA

Languages spoken:

English, Italian

Club name:

Fiamme Oro [Italy]

Coach:

Valter Molea [club]; Stefano Fraquelli [national], ITA

Injuries:

She has undergone two operations on the meniscus in her knee during her sporting career. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

Start:

She took up the sport at age 14 in Sydney, NSW, Australia. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

Reason:

"I used to play basketball but I hurt my knee and they recommended rowing." (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021; ethicsport.it, 01 Jan 2020)

Ambition:

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 31 Dec 2019)

Memorable:

Qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Games. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

Hero:

Australian freestyle skier Lydia Lassila, British rower Helen Glover. (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

Philosophy:

"Keep pushing." (Athlete, 23 Jul 2021)

General Interest

General
FROM AUSTRALIA TO ITALY
Born in Australia, she moved to Italy in 2013. "The first three months in Italy was complicated mainly because of the language, but I learned pretty quickly. Turin is completely different from Sydney, the lifestyle is different, but now [speaking in 2017] I feel absolutely at home." (SportorinoTV Sportorino YouTube channel. 18 Jan 2018; sportorino.com, 10 Jun 2017)

BOOK
She has written a book called 'The Handkerchief Map', which is set in World War II. "The first question that people usually ask me is, 'Why write about the Holocaust?', when it really had nothing to do with me, my family, or my history. I would never assume to take someone else's history, it's not my story to tell. But I wanted to make a connection to that part of history. I wanted to just give a bit of hope in such a tragic story." (LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2020; Dr David Reiter YouTube channel, 26 Aug 2014)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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