Cristina Giai Pron


Maria Cristina Giai Pron is an Italian slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1989 to 2010.
She won a bronze medal in the K1 event at the 2002 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Bourg St.-Maurice. She also won a bronze medal in the K1 team event at the 1996 European Championships in Augsburg.
Giai Pron also competed in five Summer Olympics, earning her best finish of fourth in the [Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Summer Olympics – Women's slalom K-1|K1 event] in Atlanta in 1996.
Her younger sister Maria Clara represented Italy at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and her cousin Alessandro Miressi is a three-time Olympic medalist and world record holder in swimming.

World Cup individual podiums

SeasonDateVenuePositionEvent
19969 Jun 1996La Seu d'Urgell2ndK1
199729 Jun 1997Björbo1stK1
199728 Jul 1997Ocoee3rdK1