Gilberto Nobili

Gilberto Nobili is an Italian sailor and engineer who has sailed in multiple America's Cups.

Born in Castelnovo ne' Monti, Nobili sailed with Prada Challenge in the 2003 Louis Vuitton Cup. He competed with Francesco Bruni in the 2006 Star World Championships before sailing with Luna Rossa Challenge in the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup.^[1]

He joined Oracle Racing in 2008,^[2] as a sailor and system performance specialist, winning the 2010 America's Cup and the 2013 America's Cup^[3][4] with Oracle Team USA in One of the Greatest Comebacks in Sports History^[5][6]

He originally re-joined Luna Rossa for the 2017 America's Cup campaign in 2014, but the Italian Team withdrew from the competition, and Nobili joined Team New Zealand^[7][8] winning the 35th America's Cup.^{[citation needed]}

Since 2017, he has been Operations Manager and coordinator of Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli's Mechatronics department, sailing in the 2021 America's Cup on the Italian and boat winning the Prada Cup.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. "Oracle Team USA". Retrieved 28 July 2017 – via TVNZ.
2. "BYM Sailing & Sports News". www.bymnews.com. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
3. Randewich, Noel (12 June 2013). "Italian brings high-tech brains to America's Cup". Stuff. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
4. Pryor, Nicole (25 September 2013). "America's Cup Legend Conner backs Team NZ". Stuff. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
5. Woo, Stu (27 February 2014). "America's Cup 2013: How Oracle Team USA Launched the Greatest Comeback in Sailing History". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
6. "Watch again: the greatest sporting comeback ever". Red Bull. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
7. Rossa, Luna. "Gilberto Nobili - Luna Rossa". www.lunarossachallenge.com. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
8. Zealand, Emirates Team New. "GILBERTO NOBILI - Emirates Team New Zealand". emirates-team-new-zealand.americascup.com. Retrieved 28 July 2017.