Stand Up Paddler · Taranto, Italy
Claudia
Postiglione
3× Junior World Champion ICF
Passion. Resilience. Perseverance.
ICF
Junior Sprint · Abu Dhabi
Junior Technical Race
Grom of the Year
Bio
Born in Taranto (Puglia, Italy) on 14 October 2008, Claudia is a passionate athlete who showed a fierce competitive streak from the very start.
She started skiing at the age of 3 and, in her first ten years on the slopes, won every ski school competition. At ten her dream was to become a ski instructor, but the Dolomites were a thousand kilometres from home. Since the age of five she also attended daily ballet, modern and contemporary dance classes.
In June 2021 she joined the summer camp at the SUP Academy Taranto, led by Mario Tagarelli (@tiger_taga), and immediately understood that SUP would become a fundamental part of her life. In mid-2022 she left ballet to focus on SUP only.
She trains at Lido Gandoli, one of the most beautiful spots in Puglia, where the SUP Academy Taranto is based. Claudia is attending the third year at the Liceo “Archita” in Taranto.
Results & milestones
Latest · 17 October 2026
ICF SUP World Championships
Sabaudia · Italy
- 2nd Junior Technical Race WomenWorld Vice-Champion
2–6 October 2026
EuroSUP European Championship
Melilla · Spain
- 1st Long DistanceEuropean Champion
Held at Playa de la Hípica and the Real Club Marítimo de Melilla, within the Melilla Water Games. Organised by the European Surfing Federation with FeSurfing.
2025
ICF SUP World Championships
Abu Dhabi · UAE
- 1st Junior Sprint WomenWorld Champion
- 3rd Long DistanceBronze medal
Italian Overall Championships
- Italian Absolute Champion U18
- Italian Vice-Champion Overall
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European Champion & World Vice-Champion
European Champion in the Long Distance at the EuroSUP European Championship in Melilla (Spain), 2–6 October, within the Melilla Water Games. On 17 October, silver medal in the Junior Technical Race at the ICF SUP World Championships in Sabaudia (Italy), with the Italian national team.
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World Champion, Abu Dhabi
Junior Sprint World title and bronze in the Long Distance at the ICF SUP World Championships. Italian Absolute Champion U18 and Italian Vice-Champion Overall.
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Resilience in Sarasota
First senior podium in May: 2nd in the technical race “The Lake Rocks”, Villach (Austria). In October, a month before the Worlds in Sarasota, she tears a ligament in her foot and can only rehabilitate – yet she shows up: bronze in the Sprint, final in the Technical race and 4th place in the 12 km Long Distance, staying in the leading group of five without any training. Named SUP Connect Grom of the Year.
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Double World Champion, Pattaya
Called up by FISW to the Italian national team for the ISA World Cup (France) and the EuroSUP European Championship (Portugal). With the FICK national team at the ICF World Championships in Pattaya (Thailand), at 15 years and 33 days she wins the world title in the Long Distance and, the next day, in the Technical race.
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First races, first wins
First races in Italy and Europe: she wins almost every Italian race, the Sprint and the Technical race in both U15 and U18 at the Odra SUP Race in Raciborz (Poland), and the Kids race at the ICF World Championships in Gdynia (Poland).
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The beginning
In June she joins the summer camp at the SUP Academy Taranto and discovers stand up paddle.
2024 Awards
Grom of the Year
Claudia Postiglione discovered her passion for stand-up paddling in June 2021 at the SUP Academy in Taranto, quickly excelling under the guidance of Mario Tagarelli. By mid-2022 she fully dedicated herself to the sport, winning almost all Italian races and making her mark in European competitions.
In 2023 she represented Italy at the ISA World Cup in France and the EuroSUP European Championship in Portugal, competing in the Senior Category, and capped off the year with two Gold medals in the Junior Long Distance and Technical Races at the ICF World Championship in Pattaya, Thailand.
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From Instagram
“When an Instagram post is worth more than a win and leaves you speechless.”
@susanne_lier · Eurotour Nordhausen, 1 July 2023