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Official website · iQFoil Olympic gold · Paris 2024

Marta
Maggetti

From Cagliari to the first Olympic gold in iQFoil. One route, one wind, one colour.

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Marta Maggetti appointed Ambassador for Sports Diplomacy at the FarnesinaMarta Maggetti is the FIV Sailor of the Year 2025Paris 2024: Marta Maggetti wins Olympic gold in women's windsurfingGolden Collars 2024: Alessia Orro and Marta Maggetti honouredMarta Maggetti is officially a Milano Cortina 2026 torchbearer«I stayed calm and made a tack before the others»

The wind rose

Eight winds,
one compass.

Each point of the rose is a door to this site: hover or tap a wind and go where you like. Magenta is Marta's favourite colour. The Maestrale, Sardinia's home wind, is the challenge.

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© Martina Orsini / FIV
1996

Born by the sea in Cagliari

First rhythmic gymnastics, then at eight years old a windsurf board. From then on the Gulf of Cagliari became her training ground and, for a family of sailors, almost a family affair.

2021

Tokyo: fourth, one step away

At her first Olympics she finishes fourth in the RS:X. It is not the end of a story: it is the point from which to change board, and so course.

2022

Brest: world champion

On the new foiling board she wins the iQFoil World Championship, ahead of Daniela Peleg and Maya Morris. Italian windsurfing is back on top of the world, 14 years after Alessandra Sensini.

The news article (in Italian) →
2024

Marseille: Olympic gold

On 3 August, in the final race, she comes from behind and wins: the first ever Olympic champion in iQFoil. She brings Italy a windsurfing gold 24 years after Sensini in Sydney, and Sardinia an individual gold 60 years after Fernando Atzori.

Olympics.com →
Today

Fiamme Gialle, Sailor of the Year

Since 2015 she has raced for the Fiamme Gialle sports group. She is FIV Sailor of the Year 2025 and a torchbearer for Milano Cortina 2026. In September 2026 the Italian Foreign Ministry appointed her Ambassador for Sports Diplomacy.

The FIV news (in Italian) →
“I stayed calm and made a tack before the others.”
Marta Maggetti after the gold (translated from Italian) — Il Fatto Quotidiano, 3 August 2024

In numbers

The weight of
a long wave.

0years since Italy's last Olympic gold in windsurfing: Sensini, Sydney 2000.Italian sailing
0years since Sardinia's last individual Olympic gold: Fernando Atzori, 1964.Sardinia
0Olympic champion in the history of the iQFoil class, on its Olympic debut.Olympic history
0honours since the gold: CONI Golden Collar 2024, FIV Sailor of the Year 2025, Ambassador for Sports Diplomacy 2026.Honours

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Everything they say
about Marta.

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The sea, the light,
the moment.

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Marta, live.

Her official profiles, embedded here: updates, stories from the sea, race videos.

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Press conference in Cagliari · 21.08.2024

Marta's gold · Genoa Boat Show

Interview · Galleria Progetti

Maestrale · Marta's challenge

The Maestrale puts
you to the test.

Round each buoy on the correct side: push on the run, manage the beat. One missed buoy voids the course, however fast you are.

Time 0.0sPoint of sail —Speed 0%Missed buoys 0Best --

Ready to start?

Each buoy must be rounded on a specific side, always alternating. The first one is shown by an arrow. Take them all.

Go!

Controls

← → Direction
↑ ↓ Speed up / slow down
Touch Drag to steer

Wind from the right. Magenta bands = running (fast). Blue bands = beating (slow). Your best clean time is saved on your device.

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