Tarantino, the fencing coach (and carabiniere) denounced for outrage by the Police- time.news

by time news
from Flavio Vanetti

The technical commissioner of the national saber, belonging to the Arma, after training was discussing with the fencer Ciaraglia. the Police intervened, but the coach exploded and was denounced for insulting a public official

In other words, the story of a carabiniere who gets into trouble for having bad words with one of the police. A (verbal) brawl between representatives of the police, therefore. And not something that happens every day. In any case, the Carabiniere in question Luigi Tarantino, 49 years old in November, a true Neapolitan, former blue saber of the highest level and technical commissioner of his weapon since last autumn. The State Police denounced him for insulting a public official for an event that occurred in Nola on the evening of Wednesday 26 January.

The policemen intervened after the report relating to a dispute in the street between a man and a woman, also noticed by an Army patrol engaged in a series of checks in the area. When the agents arrived on the spot and asked for the details, they realized that the man was precisely Gigi Tarantino, a person of some fame in the Neapolitan area. The girl was Sofia Ciaraglia, his former pupil: from Ariccia she had moved to Naples a few years ago to train with him. The reasons for the quarrel are not known, but the coach turned outrageously towards the agents, who led him to the local police station to report him. In reality, there is no confirmation of this development of the affair: it is not yet understood whether the complaint was actually filed.

Gigi Tarantino one of the leading names in Italian fencing between the 90s and the third millennium. he was individual (1998) and team world champion (1995: in that edition he was also third in the individual test), as well as being four times on the Olympic podium. After the bronze in Atlanta 1996 came the silver in Athens 2004 (the saber in that edition had already greeted the triumph of Aldo Montano) and another two third places, in Beijing 2008 and London 2012, a medal, the latter, won at 40 years old. The feat with the team in 1995 was doubly unforgettable for him: first of all because in the final Tarantino scored a sensational comeback against the Russian champion Stanislav Podzniakov, allowing Italy to overturn a match that seemed lost, and secondly because the gold and bronze arrived shortly after the close loss of the two parents. That of the father was even a tragedy, the result of a domestic accident.

Extraordinary talent but also discontinuous and here and there rebel, Tarantino unquestionably could have won a lot more. But on the other hand he was a very nice character: he kept the team’s mood high and embodied the sunniest Neapolitan spirit. Another detail: we have known him as a person who is perhaps sometimes fiery – characteristic of many fencers – but also very polite: for this reason it seems strange that he has exaggerated, above all towards a policeman.

Gigi has always loved going to the casino – once in Budapest, the stories of fencing tell, he missed the plane because he came back late from the gambling house – and he never missed a cigarette. Like beautiful girls, after all: in the world of blades he has always been considered a seducer. A Don Juan often able to amaze with unthinkable gestures. Years ago he fell in love with Sylwia Gruchala, Polish champion of foil, but she, knowing Gigi’s fame, bounced him regularly. Cos Tarantino flew, went to Poland – to Gdansk, if we are not mistaken – and chose a hotel near the house where she lived. For almost a week he sent her a bouquet of red roses every day. Since she did not yield, he returned to Italy. But not long after Tarantino won his battle and the two got engaged, even if the story did not end with the wedding.

January 27, 2022 (change January 27, 2022 | 17:27)

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