“With your smiles, clean faces and clear eyes you are the beautiful face of Lombardy and Italy. You are the generation that will lead our country into the future. You are symbols of inclusion and overcoming barriers.”. With these words the President of the Lombardy Regional Council Federico Romani this afternoon he received in the Biagi Room Lombardy Palace the athletes who participated in the Paris Olympics
Among others, there were Nicolò Martinenghithe swimmer from Varese who won the first blue gold in the 100m breaststroke in Paris and Giovanni De Gennaro the canoeist, gold in the K1 slalom and one of the architects of the success of “Roncadoro”, as it was renamed Roncadelle, town in Brescia with just under 9 thousand inhabitants and 3 Olympic gold medals (the other two are Anna Danesicapitane dell’Italvolley e Alice Bellandi who rose to the top step in judo).
“You competed for all Italians and all Italians were at your side – he underlined Federico Romani -. Because behind every medal there is the athlete who won it. There is a technical staff and a medical staff. There are the military sports groups, there are the Federations, there is the CONI and the CIP, the managers of the grassroots clubs who raised him as a child. There are friends and school teachers who supported him. There is the family, with all the sacrifices made. Behind each of these medals there is all of Italian sport, there is Italy.”
Not just medalistsbut also athletes who participated without getting a podiumin the purest decoubertian Olympic spirit as he underlined Federico Romani: “You believed in a dream, chased and achieved extraordinary goals. You made us experience great emotions. The same ones that the many athletes who finished fourth passed on to us, perhaps for a few cents of a medal. My thanks go to you too. Your medal is our affection.”
The President of the Lombardy Region also participated in the awards ceremony Attilio Fontanail Undersecretary of Youth and Sports Lombardy Region Federica Picchiil CONI national president Giovanni Malagòil National President of CIP Luca Pancalliil President of CONI Lombardy Marco Riva and the President of CIP Lombardy Pierangelo Santelli.
They were rewarded 20 Paralympic athletes representing six provinces (Milan, Bergamo, Brescia, Cremona, Monza Brianza and Pavia) and 36 Olympic athletes representing ten provinces (Milan, Bergamo, Brescia, Como, Cremona, Lecco, Lodi, Mantua, Monza Brianza and Varese).
Paralympic athletes divided by province
Milano: Fabio Bottazzini (athletics), Federico Andreoli (cycling), Alberto Amodeo (swimming), Simone Barlaam (swimming), Federico Cristiani (swimming), Martina Rabbolini (swimming), Giulia Terzi (swimming), Livia Cecagallina (shooting) , Andrea Liverani (shooting), Stefano Raimondi (swimming).
Bergamo: Oney Tapia (athletics), Davide Plebani (cycling), Matteo Bonacina (archery).
Brescia: Simone Cannizzaro (judo), Federico Bicelli (swimming), Pamela Novaglio (shooting).
Cremona: Efrem Morelli (swimming).
Monza and Brianza: Alessia Berra (swimming).
Pavia: Fabrizio Cornegliani (cycling), Monica Boggioni (swimming).
Olympic athletes divided by province
Milano: Eleonora Giorgi (athletics), Susanna Pedotti (artistic swimming), Leonardo Pietra Caprina (rowing), Davide Re (athletics), Bianca Seregni (triathlon), Luca Sito (athletics), Valentina Trapletti (athletics), Virginia Troiani (athletics) , Federico Vismara (fencing), Matteo Zurloni (sport climbing), Arianna De Masi (athletics).
Bergamo: Alice Codato (rowing).
Brescia: Angela Andreoli (gymnastics), Alessandra Bonora (athletics), Giovanni De Gennaro (canoe), Bruno Festo (sailing), Matteo Lamberti (swimming), Michele Lamberti (swimming), Giovanni Toti (badminton).
As: Matteo Della Valle (rowing), Jacopo Frigerio (rowing), Elisa Mondelli (rowing), Gabriel Soares (rowing).
Cremona: Sveva Gerevini (athletics).
Lecco: Davide Comini (rowing), Andrea Panizza (rowing), Giorgia Pelacchi (rowing).
Lodi: Edoardo Scotti (athletics).
Mantua: Riccardo Orsoni (athletics).
Monza Brianza: Sara Fiorin (cycling), Vladimir Aceti (athletics).
Varese: Giovanni Codato (rowing), Linda De Filippis (rowing), Davide Verità (rowing), Nicolò Martinenghi (swimming), Danilo Dennis Sollazzo (shooting).
