Carlo Beninati was reconfirmed president of FIBa (Italian Badminton Federation). The Palermo native, born in 1956, was re-elected as federal leader with 1415 preferences equal to 85.50% of the votes. 2024-2028 will be his third consecutive four-year term as president of FIBA. “I am happy to have been elected for the third time at the helm of this great family, for me this represents the mandate of maturity“.
A life in sport
A life in sport, since the 70s. From regional level athlete in track and field, to official registered timekeeper for the FICr Italian Timekeepers Federation. Without giving up playing five championships as a player in the handball club he founded. Only to then stop and obtain his coaching license. Graduated with top marks from the faculty of motor sciences where he now teaches “Technical and didactic theory of Badminton”. And therefore, his love for badminton which, which blossomed in the 1980s, led him to the federal presidency. Not before having been a technician, advisor and auditor. “We roll up our sleeves to start again with more strength without looking in the mirror, because we have achieved a minimum result compared to what we can achieve by working even harder for the future”confirmed the gold medal for sporting merit, Beninati, aware of his future commitments
Rosa De Marco at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
From Paris 2024…
The results achieved by Badminton at the Paris Olympics were very important. The participation of Frame Rose in Para Badminton. The debut of Andrea Chiappini as a match official, in Para Badminton, after having already made his debut in Badminton at Tokyo 2020. The historic qualification of Giovanni Toti, born in 2000, in the men’s singles. Up until Paris, the Italian team had only been represented in the women’s singles (Agnese Allegrini a Beijing 2008, Jeanine Cicognini to Rio 2016). “This will be a four-year period where we will try to confirm the competitive results achieved in the last Olympics and Paralympics of Paris and to prepare the technical work for the upcoming ones in Los Angeles. There is a lot to do, the federation’s commitment will be in many sectors, one for all training but also development and promotion in the area”, underlined the reconfirmed president of FiBa Carlo Beninati.
…a Brisbane 2032
As an athlete and a coach, the reconfirmed president of the Badminton Federation, Carlo Beninati, knows well that planning is necessary to obtain results. So from his words the thought of the Brisbane 2032 Olympics already shines through. “I believe that, especially for doubles, the technicians who will operate in this and the next four years will have to have an important line marked by the fact that in doubles disciplines it is very difficult to obtain high-level results and the places available are minimal. For that type of discipline, I don’t think a four-year program is enough, so for the doubles you have to think from a two-four-year perspective.i.”
