Maggie Pescetto

Maggie Eillen Pescetto (born 16 November 2000) is an Italian Formula Kite olympic athlete in sailing who took the silver position at the Kite Open Africa and Middle East Championship in 2022. She was nominated for Olympic competition at formula kite in 2024.

Life Pescetto was born in Waterford in Ireland in 2000. Her mother had Irish heritage and she was a member of the Yacht Club Italiano.

In February 2024 she was in the Canary Islands competing at the first Fuerteventura KiteFoil International Open Cup. The British kitefoiler Ellie Aldridge won the event leading the French Jessie Kampman and with Pescetto earning the bronze medal.

In March 2024 the Formula Kite European championships took place in the Mar Menor lagoon in Spain. Pescetto was ninth and the first Italian. Italy was awarded a place but it was not immediately obvious that Pescetto would get the place as it was up to her national organisation to decide who would get the place. She was given the place based on that result.