Maria Elisabetta Sancassani (born 6 February 1983) is an Italian female competition rower.

A gold medal winner at the 2005 Mediterranean Games she twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics, in 2004 and 2008.

She began competing as a lightweight in 2012 and won the women's lightweight double scull in 2013 with Laura Milani, both at the European Rowing Championships and the World Rowing Championships.

[1][2] She is the younger sister of nine-time world champion rower Franco Sancassani.

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