(ANSA) – ROME, DEC 20 – The Olympic and Paralympic champions, the personalities who have distinguished themselves for sports policies and five historic clubs, including Lecce Calcio. But also the technicians – many this year – behind a truly golden year for Italian sport. In all, 53 Gold Collars have been awarded today to the traditional year-end parade that delivers the highest honors in Italian sport. At the end of a year to be framed and which has seen Italy triumph in every discipline. From the fastest man in the world Marcell Jacobs, to the one who jumps highest Gimbo Tamberi, passing through the other Olympians of the Tortu-Desalu-Patta relay and the phenomena of the Palmisano and Stano march, and then the other gold medals of Tokyo in addition to the champion world road championship Elisa Balsamo, the king of Paris-Roubaix Colbrelli and world champions of canoe-kayak Craciun-Santini and free-body gymnastics Nicola Bartolini. From Bebe Vio to Simone Barlaam, from Bocciardo to Ambra Sabatini, Cecchetto, Mazzone, Porcellato and many other heroes of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. The cream of Italian sport awarded by Prime Minister Mario Draghi, in the presence of the undersecretary with responsibility for sport Valentina Vezzali and the highest sports officials, such as the president of Coni Giovanni Malagò to that of Cip Luca Pancalli. Among the awarded personalities, also the president of the IOC, Thomas Bach, for the policies undertaken in favor of the promotion of the Olympic world and the values on which it is based. Together with him will also be awarded Marco Tronchetti Provera, Maurizio Bertelli, Franco Chimenti and five companies, the Gymnastics Virtus Gallarate, the Lecce Sports Union, the Ski Club Gardena, the Circolo Nautico Stabia and the Circolo della Vela Sicilia, in addition to the Institute for Credito Sportivo and the Terzo Pilastro Foundation. Below all the Gold Collars. OLYMPICS: Vito Dell’Aquila (Taekwondo, Olympic champion -58 kg), Federica Cesarini and Valentina Rodini (Rowing, Double Lightweight Olympic Champions), Caterina Marianna Banti and Ruggero Tita (Sailing, Olympic champions Nacra 17), Gianmarco Tamberi (Athletics Leggera, Olympic champion High Jump), Lamont Marcell Jacobs (Athletics, Olympic champion 100 m and 4 x 100 m relay), Eseosa Fostine Desalu, Lorenzo Patta and Filippo Tortu (Athletics, Olympic champions 4 x 100 m relay), Antonella Palmisano (Athletics, Olympic champion Marcia 20 km), Massimo Stano (Athletics, Olympic champion Marcia 20 km), Luigi Busà (Karate, Olympic champion Kumite 75 kg), Simone Consonni (Cycling, Olympic champion and World Champion – Track Pursuit at teams), Filippo Ganna (Cycling, Olympic and World Track Team Champion, World Road Individual Time Trial Champion 2020 and 2021), Francesco Lamon (Cycling, Olympic Track pursuit champion team), Jonathan Milan (Cycling, Olympic Champion and World Champion – Team Pursuit Track), Liam Bertazzo (Cycling, World Champion – Team Pursuit Track), Elisa Balsamo (Cycling, World Champion – Road Individual Road Race), Sonny Colbrelli (Winner of the Paris-Roubaix), Nicolae Craciun and Daniele Santini (Canoe Kayak, World Champions – Speed C2 m 500), Nicola Bartolini (Artistic Gymnastics, World Free Body Champion). PARALYMPIC GOLD COLLARS: Francesco Bocciardo (Swimming, Paralympic Champion – 100 m and 200 m Freestyle S5), Carlotta Gilli (Swimming, Paralympic Champion – 100 m Farfalla S13 and 200 m Mixed Ind. SM13), Stefano Raimondi (Swimming, Champion Paralympic – 100m Breaststroke SB9), Simone Barlaam (Swimming, Paralympic Champion – 50m Freestyle S9), Arjola Trimi (Swimming, Paralympic Champion – 100m Freestyle and 50m Backstroke S3), Vittoria Bianco (Swimming, Paralympic Champion – 4×100 Freestyle Relay – 34 points), Xenia Francesca Palazzo (Swimming, Paralympic Champion – 4×100 Freestyle Relay – 34 points), Alessia Scortechini (Swimming, Paralympic Champion – 4×100 Freestyle Relay – 34 points), Giulia Terzi (Swimming, Champion Paralympic – 100m Freestyle S7 and 4×100 Freestyle Relay – 34 points), Antonio Fantin (Swimming, Paralympic Champion – 100m Freestyle S6), Ambra Sabatini (Athletics, Paralympic Champion – 100m T63), Paolo Cecchetto (Cycling , Sample Paralympic – Handbike Relay H1-5 and World Champion – Handbike Time Trial H3), Luca Mazzone (Cycling, Paralympic Champion – Handbyke Relay H1-5 and World Champion – Handbyke Time Trial and Online H2), Diego Colombari (Cycling, Paralympic Champion – Handbyke Relay H1-5), Francesca Porcellato (Cycling, World Champion – Time Trial H3), Fabio Anobile (Cycling, World Champion – Road Race C3), Fabrizio Cornegliani (Cycling, World Champion – Time Trial H1) ), Beatrice Maria Vio (Fencing, Paralympic Champion – Individual Foil Cat. B) GOLD COLLARS SPORTS COMPANIES: Gymnastics Virtus Gallarate ASD, Unione Sportiva Lecce Spa, Sci Club Gardena AD, Circolo Nautico Stabia SSD, Circolo della Vela Sicilia ASD, Institute for Sports Credit and Third Pillar International Foundation GOLD COLLARS PERSONALITY Thomas Bach, Marco Tronchetti Provera, Patrizio Bertelli, Franco Chimenti. PALMS OF GOLD TO TECHNICAL MERIT Claudio Nolano (DT Taekwondo), Michele Marchesini (DT Vela), Gabriele Bruni (Vela), Antonio La Torre (Dt Athletics), Marco Tamberi (Athletics, coach of Gianmarco Tamberi), Paolo Camossi (Athletics, Lamont coach Marcell Jacobs),. (HANDLE).
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