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Meet world's best match racing skippers | Rocco Attili

Writer:   |  Editor: Liu Minxia  |  From:   |  Updated: 2023-12-12

Editor’s note:

The 2023 World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) Shenzhen • Bao'an Final and World Bay Area Regatta will be launched today. Twelve of the world’s best match racing skippers from nine countries will compete in the final from tomorrow to Sunday. The winner of the event will be crowned 2023 Match Racing World Champion and take home a share of the US$200,000 purse. Between intense training and matches, the skippers are giving us interviews, talking about their training, their goals and their observations during their visit to Shenzhen.


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2023世界帆船对抗巡回赛深圳•宝安总决赛暨世界湾区帆船赛将于今日拉开帷幕。来自九个国家的12位世界顶级水平的帆船对抗赛船长和船队将从明天开始到周日在宝安区欢乐港湾、大铲湾等水域扬帆开赛,展开对全球总冠军荣誉、20万美元总决赛奖金的竞争,给本地居民呈现一场近距离、高竞技、强对抗,观赏性极强的顶级帆船比赛。在紧张的训练和比赛间隙,12位船长们接受了我们的采访,畅谈赛前训练,比赛目标以及他们在深圳的所见所闻。



Video by Liu Xudong


Rocco Attili(罗科•阿蒂利)


World Sailing Ranking 世界帆联排名: NO.9

Leaderboard of World Match Racing Tour 世界帆船对抗巡回赛排名: NO.11

Nationality 国籍: Italy 意大利

Team 队名:RBYS Racing

Crew 队员: Giulio Tamburini, Gianluca Perasole, Ludovico Mori


Rocco Attili (2nd R) and his teammates are seen during their training at the OH Bay waters in Bao’an District yesterday. Photos by Liu Xudong


Rocco Attili (born Jan. 23, 1997) from Rome, Italy started sailing at the age of 10. After a youth career in dinghies, he started a match racing team competing at various events in Europe and winning the Youth Match Racing Europeans in 2019. In 2022, he qualified for the World Match Racing Tour Final in Sydney Australia finishing in 8th place. In 2023, he won the Porto Montenegro Match Race (WMRT event) and the Italian Match Racing Championships.


Members of the RBYS Racing team train at the OH Bay waters in Bao’an District yesterday. 


Rocco Attili(1997年1月23日出生)来自意大利罗马,10岁开始航海。在青年时代的小艇生涯之后,他组建了一支对抗赛队,参加欧洲的各种赛事,并在2019年赢得了欧洲青年比赛冠军。2022年,他以第8名的成绩晋级在澳大利亚悉尼举行的世界帆船对抗巡回赛决赛。2023年,他赢得了黑山港比赛(WMRT赛事)和意大利比赛锦标赛冠军。Rocco拥有米兰理工大学航空航天工程理学学士学位和La Sapienza理学硕士学位。他目前是一名系统工程师。

Twelve of the world's best match racing skippers from nine countries will compete in the final through Sunday. The winner of the event will be crowned 2023 Match Racing World Champion and take home a share of the US$200,000 purse. Between intense training and matches, the skippers are giving us interviews, talking about their training, their goals and their observations during their visit to Shenzhen.