Giulia D’Agostini
Name: Giulia D’Agostini 
Date of Birth: October 29th, 1998
Hometown: Padova, Veneto - Italy
Sport: Sprint canoe
How many years training in canoe ? Two
How many days/week do you train in canoe ? In the winter 5/6 times, 2 times on the water and 4 cross and weight training, during the summer every day.
Do you have a coach and/or a training group ? Yes I have a coach and I train with a mixed male/female team.
Do you cross train ? We run long and sprint distance, we swim and we work with weights.
Do you coach/mentor other ? I try to let people know about this sport. Now we have three girls in my team.
Who is your closest rival ? There are some girls near my time.
Current/Prior year accomplishments: Gold medal at the final Italian Youth Canoe Cup, Gold medal for the Veneto team at the Italian Confederation Cup and Gold medal in the Veneto cup.
Goal for 2013: Break 1 minute in the 200 m.
How many years do you see yourself competing in canoe ? Until women’s canoe will be an Olympic event.
What is your message to the world regarding women in canoe: Probably we’ll never be fast as the guys are but we work as hard as they do, and we have the right to have the same possibility.
