Roberto Colazingari (born 7 May 1993) is an Italian slalom canoeist who has competed at the international level since 2008. He is from Subiaco and trains with C.S. Carabinieri, coached by 2012 Olympic Champion Daniele Molmenti. Roberto competed internationally in the C2 discipline in 2011 and 2012, now competing solely in C1.
Colazingari won two bronze medals in the C1 team event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships, earning them in 2022 and 2023. Roberto has also won two medals at the European Championships in the C1 team event with a bronze in 2017 and a silver in 2021 at Tacen and Ivrea, respectively. His best senior world championship results are 5th (C1: 2017, Pau) and 42nd (C2: 2011, Bratislava).
Roberto formed part of an historic triple victory for Italy, winning gold in C1 at the 2019 Canoe Slalom World Cup in Tacen to accompany Stefanie Horn and Giovanni De Gennaro's gold medals in women's and men's K1.
Colazingari has won three gold medals at the U23 World Championships in the C1 team (2015) and C1 (2012, 2014) events. The two individual medals made him the first to win the title twice, an achievement met only by Nicolas Gestin in 2021.
Colazingari began paddling with Subiaco Canoanium Club before joining Corpo Forestale dello Stato on 19 June 2012. He is now a member of the Carabinieri, Italy's national gendarmerie, after it absorbed the State Forestry Corps at the end of 2016.
Results World Cup individual podiums SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent 2019 29 June 2019 Tacen 1st C1
Complete World Cup results Year WC1 WC2 WC3 WC4 WC5 Points Position 2008 Continent Prague 32 Tacen Augsburg 2 96th 2009 Continent Pau Bratislava 41Augsburg 42 4 51st 2010 Continent Prague 32La Seu 45 Augsburg 4 88th 2011Tacen 17L'Argentière33Markkleeberg33 Prague 30 39th 2012 Cardiff Pau 50 La Seu Prague 12Bratislava 27 44 33rd 2013 Cardiff Augsburg La Seu 19Tacen 15Bratislava 30 57 29th 2014Lee Valley 30Tacen 16Prague 12 La Seu Augsburg 63 31st 2015 Prague Kraków Liptovský Mikuláš La Seu Pau 20 46 51st 2016Ivrea 5La Seu 21Pau 33Prague 20Tacen 17 143 15th 2017Prague 16Augsburg 15Markkleeberg13Ivrea 13La Seu 24 149 15th 2018Liptovský Mikuláš 34Kraków 12Augsburg 15 Tacen La Seu 23 92 25th 2019Lee Valley 22 Bratislava Tacen 1Markkleeberg20Prague 14 162 7th 2021Prague 13Markkleeberg19La Seu 26Pau 24 101 18th
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