Time.news – The last ‘important’ assignment of his government, that of Undersecretary of the Prime Minister with responsibility for sport, Mario Draghi entrusts it to allmost successful Italian athlete, Valentina Vezzali.
Born in Jesi on February 14, 1974, she was one of the greatest fencers in history, the most successful ever in foil as well as the most medalized woman in fencing. In his 26-year career he has won nine Olympic medals, of which six gold (3 in individual foil, a record shared with 5 other sports in the world), one silver and two bronze, as well as 16 world titles, 13 European, five Universiade, two Mediterranean Games, 11 times the World Cup (78 races won) and 30 national titles.
Standard-bearer at the London 2012 Games, Vezzali is a policewoman, she takes care of the youth sector of the Fiamme Oro fencing. Valentina Vezzali holds the world record of individual world titles, six, one more than the Soviet saber Stanislav Pozdnjakov who at the Games won five medals but only one gold (Seoul ’88).
An Inter fan, in 2013 she was elected in the XVII Legislature for the Marche region on the Civic Choice list and as a parliamentarian she was part of the Culture, Science and Education Commission and presented 19 bills as the first signatory (including one to physical education teachers in elementary school), 68 bills as co-signer, 14 motions, 115 questions, 128 amendments as first signatory, 136 amendments as co-signer.
In large part his parliamentary activity has been centered on sport, women’s rights, physical education, health, nutrition. Since 11 July 2015 she has been national vice president of Civic Choice. On November 30, 2017, she joined the Mixed Group, disagreeing with her party after the latter chose to ally with Forza Italia in view of the 2018 general elections.
Vezzali was married to Domenico Giugliano, a former professional footballer, with whom she had two children. A very popular character even outside the sporting world, in the winter of 2009 he participated as a competitor, paired with the professional dancer Samuel Peron, in the fifth edition of the Rai1 show ‘Dancing with the stars’.
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