While the first stage of the Indoor World Series is taking place this weekend in Nimes, The list of players called up in Italy for the next 2022 European Indoor Archery Championships was made official today, scheduled in Lasko from 15 to 19 February.
The goal of the tricolor expedition will be to repeat itself three years after thelast edition of Samsun 2019, in which the total loot was 6 overall medals with two golds (Massimiliano Mandia in the senior recurvo and Elisa Roner in the junior compound), three silvers and a bronze.
The great news is related to the return to the competition of the individual Olympic vice-champion Mauro Nespoli, which will support young compatriots Federico Musolesi and Alessandro Paoli in search of important results also in the team test.
In the female recurvo, the magical trio composed by Lucilla Boari (Olympic bronze in Tokyo 2021), Tatiana Andreoli (individual gold at the European Games 2019) e Vanessa Landi (reigning Italian outdoor champion), able to triumph at the 2017 Youth World Cup by defeating the Korean teachers in the quarterfinals.
Below is the complete list of the Azzurri squads in all categories of the 2022 Indoor European Championships in Lasko, Slovenia.
ITALIAN EUROPEAN INDOOR ARCHERY 2022 CALLED
Men’s Olympic
Mauro Nespoli (Air Force), Alessandro Paoli (Iuvenilia Archers), Federico Musolesi (Air Force), Massimiliano Mandia (Blue Flames) reserve home
Women’s Olympic
Tatiana Andreoli (Fiamme Oro), Vanessa Landi (Air Force), Lucilla Boari (Fiamme Oro), Claudia Mandia (Fiamme Azzurre) reserve at home
Compound Maschile
Carlo Bernardini (Arco Sport Roma), Marco Bruno (Iuvenilia Archers), Viviano Mior (Kosmos Rovereto), Valerio Della Stua (Pol. Solese Archers Group) reserves at home.
Compound Female
Marcella Tonioli (Ilcinese Arcieri Montalcino Company), Irene Franchini (Blue Flames), Elisa Roner (Kosmos Rovereto), Sara Ret (Compgnia Arcieri Cormòns) back home.
Male Nude Bow
Valter Basteri (Compagnia Frecce Apuane), Simone Barbieri (Malin Archery Team), Daniele Bellotti (Arcieri Fivizzano), Luca Stelluto (Arcieri Club Napoli) reserves at home.
Female Nude Bow
Cinzia Noziglia (Fiamme Oro), Laura Turello (Compagnia Arcieri Udine), Fabia Rovatti (ASD Ki Oshi), Giulia Mantilli (Roman Archers) back home.
Junior Olympic Men
Matteo Balsamo (Archers of Artemis), Federico Novati (Archers of La Sorgente), Francesco Gregori (Arco Club Riccione), Marco Zaghis (Compagnia Arcieri Franchi) reserves at home.
Olympic Junior Women
Roberta Di Francesco (Abruzzese Archers), Ginevra Landi (Maremma Archery Company G. Dalle Bande Nere), Chiara Compagno (Sagittario Del Veneto Archers), Kaede Marsili (Varian Archery Company).
Compound Juniores Male
Antonio Brunello (Kosmos Rovereto), Andrea Marchetti (Archers of Rotaio), Leonardo Covre (Archers Decumanus Maximus), Lorenzo Gubbini (Archers of Assisi) reserve at home.
Compound Juniores Female
Andrea Nicole Moccia (Archers of Torresin), Elisa Bazzichetto (Archers of Torresin), Martina Serafini (Arco Club Tolmezzo), Martina Del Duca (Archers Torres Sassari) reserve at home.
Naked Bow Juniores Male
Davide Morra (Alpignano Archers)
Naked Bow Juniores Female
Eleonora Meloni (Uras Archers).
Photo: Lapresse