On September 19th the second meeting of “Planet Olympia: the values of sport told by the athletes”, the periodic summit organized by Panathlon Junior of Rome to promote ethics and sports culture among young people, took place at the Palace of Federations in Rome.
The event, moderated by the President of the Club Lorenzo D'Ilario, was attended by ten Olympic and national fencers of Italy: Enrico Berrè (silver medalist at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, gold medalist at the 2015 World Cup in Moscow), Alberta Santuccio (bronze medalist at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo), Rossella Gregorio (Olympian at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, gold medalist at the 2017 World Cup in Leipzig), Guillaume Bianchi (gold medalist at the 2022 World Cup in Cairo and the 2022 European Championships in Antalya), Davide Di Veroli (gold medalist at the 2022 European Championships in Antalya), Olga Calissi (gold medalist at the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran), Chiara Mormile (gold medalist at the 2016 U23 European Championships in Plovdiv), Giulia Amore (silver medalist at the 2022 U20 World Championships in Dubai), Gaia Traditi (silver medalist at the 2019 U20 World Championships in Torun) and Alessia Di Carlo (bronze medalist at the 2020 U20 European Championships in Porec).
The institutional greetings were brought by the the two-time Olympic gold medalist (Barcelona 1992 and Sydney 2000) and project director of the 2026 Winter Olympic Games of Milan-Cortina, Diana Bianchedi, the youngest councillor of the Capitoline Assembly and member of the Sports Commission of Rome, Giorgio Trabucco, the sports doctor Riccardo Foti and the director of the sports area of Luiss University, Paolo Del Bene.
“Last season the Italian fencers won many medals at the World Cup, European Championships and Mediterranean Games, and they gave us a lot of satisfaction. For this reason, it seemed right to celebrate our champions, who are able to win even outside the piste by bringing the values of sport into everyday life”, said the President D'Ilario.
The panel discussion, sponsored by Municipality Roma II, also saw the collaboration of the Unicusano University, Gold Sponsor of the Italian Fencing Federation.