On 1 August 2012, his 28th birthday, he won the gold medal in the
K1 event at the
2012 Summer Olympics in
London. Molmenti also finished tenth in the
K1 event at the
2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing. Molmenti won six medals at the
ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships with two golds (K1:
2010, K1 team:
2013), two silvers (K1 team:
2005,
2006), and two bronzes (K1 team: 2010,
2011). Molmenti is also the
European Champion from
2009,
2011 and
2012. He also has 2 silver and 3 bronze medals from the European Championships. In
2010 he won the overall
World Cup title in K1. He announced his retirement from the sport in 2017, when he became the technical director of the Italian national team. ==World Cup individual podiums==