Norma Murabito
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Italy |
| Born | 12 October 1987 Taormina, Messina, Italy |
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Canoeing |
| Event | Sprint canoe |
| Club |
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| Coached by | Stefano Grillo[2][3] |
Medal record | |
Norma Murabito (born 12 October 1987 in Taormina, Messina) is an Italian sprint canoeist.[2][4] Murabito is a member of Aniene Canoeing Club (Italian: Circolo Canottieri Aniene) in Rome, and is coached and trained by Stefano Grillo.[3]
Murabito qualified for the first ever women's K-1 200 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by placing second from the European Qualification Tournament in Poznań, Poland.[5] She paddled in the first heat against seven other canoeists, including three-time Olympic champion Nataša Dušev-Janić of Hungary, and New Zealand's Lisa Carrington, who eventually won the gold medal in the final. Murabito finished the race only in seventh place by nearly half a second (0.5) behind U.S. canoeist Carrie Johnson, with a time of 43.820 seconds. Murabito, however, failed to advance into the semi-finals, as she ranked twenty-fifth overall, and placed outside the qualifying spots for the next round.[6]
