Vela, Tita and Banti are the sailors of the year 2021

the world of Italian sailing met last night at Villa Miani in Rome to celebrate its 2021 champions and award the Oscars of Sailing during the evening dedicated to the 28th edition of the Fiv Sailor of the Year, won by the Olympic champions Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti. The event, conceived by Alberto Acciari, celebrates the best athletes and sporting results of the previous year’s sailing season since 1991 and this year saw Confindustria Nautica officially join the organization in partnership with the Italian Sailing Federation. The awards ceremony began with a crescendo of curiosity and in an atmosphere of great anticipation to know the names of the winners of the prizes for the three categories that, every year, are awarded through the advisory mechanism of online voting (over 30,000 preferences expressed ) and the final decision of the jury which is chaired by regulation by the President of the Sailing Federation Francesco Ettorre and which includes Carlo Mornati, General Secretary of Coni and Fabio Planamente, President of the sailing sector of Confindustria Nautica and Alberto Acciari who is also the The first to take the stage were the finalists of the Boat of the Year Award – Confindustria Nautica Trophy: Furio Benussi, skipper of ARCA SGR 100 ‘, Checco Bruni helmsman of the AC 75 Luna Rossa and Sebastiano Morassutti for the Nacira 69. Marina Stella, general manager of Confindustria Nautica took the floor invited by Eleonora Cottarelli, presenter together with Flavia Tartaglini of the event to, underlining the role of the trade association which represents the entire recreational boating supply chain at an institutional level since 1967 and organizes the Genoa International Boat Show, this year from 22 to 27 September for the 62nd edition. “The event – continued Stella – reflects the world-class excellence of Italian boating. A figure for everyone: in the last 12 months (February 2021 – February 2022), Italian pleasure boating exports reached a new record of 3.07 billion euros according to the Edison Foundation elaboration on Istat data). “Road to 2023″, the path started in 2020 towards the future, will lead to the construction of the new Boat Show, thanks to the works of the new Levante di Genova Waterfront designed by Renzo Piano. ” Afterwards, the applause of the public underlined the reading of the motivation with which the AC 75 Luna Rossa was awarded Boat of the Year 2021 – Confindustria Nautica Trophy, for having represented the golden year of Italian sport excellence of Made in Italy all over the world and made millions of Italians dream in front of the television. Checco Bruni received the award presented by Marina Stella, and immediately afterwards Enzo De Blasio and Claudia Rossi (with Andrea Racchelli absent), finalists of the Shipowner / Helmsman of the year award together with Diego Nepi Molineris, General Manager of Sport, were invited to the stage. and Health who, before the award ceremony, wanted to underline the importance of practicing sport: “I have been lucky enough to experience this wonderful world for 18 years. All those who practice sport on a daily basis must be put at the center of the goal, trying to bring them as much investment and development as possible. Obviously also to Vela, to your Federation, to all the realities that make up this world. An important aspect is also communication on the territory, working starting from the base “. Eleonora Cottarelli read the jury’s motivation:” the results and the national and international titles that follow in her career with an interpretation of her role that leave no doubts: Enzo De Blasio wins the Shipowner – Helmsman of the Year 2021 award. “The ceremony continued with the award ceremony by the Italian Sailing Federation of the athletes and technicians of the Olympic and Youth classes, as well as those of the Parasailing Classes, who achieved significant results international in 2021, including those who took part in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Welcomed by Flavia Tartaglini, 64 athletes took to the stage in rapid succession accompanied by FIV President Francesco Ettorre by Michele Marchesini Technical Director and Alessandra Sensini Director Youth Coach On the occasion, President Ettorre presented the Foil Academy “that is it was relaunched a month ago in synergy with Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli and represents a precise signal of perspective. The Foil Academy will start next week and will tour all over Italy with 15-20 boats, in synergy with our Area Committees. It will be a great opportunity for young people to experience foiling. We thank all the Luna Rossa team for having undertaken this project with us. “At 11pm the most awaited moment, the one dedicated to the Il Velista dell’Anno Fiv award. On stage there were: Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti, Alberto Riva, Checco Bruni , Enrico Chieffi and Nando Colaninno and Antonio Squizzato, while Giancarlo Pedote greeted the guests with a video message. Together with the finalists, Francesco Ettorre, President of FIV, Carlo Mornati, general secretary of Coni, Fabio Planamente, president of the sailing sector of Confindustria Nautica and Alberto Acciari, creator and secretary of the award. A moment of suspense for the reading of the motivation by President Ettorre, immediately followed by a great applause from the entire audience. On the stage there was a parterre of athletes of absolute international level but the color of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic medal took away any embarrassment from the jury: Caterina Banti and Ruggero Tita win the FIV 2021 Sailor of the Year award. idente Ettorre thanked the authorities, the Government, the Coni and the Federations. ” Today – he added – is a party that unites the whole world of sport in the name of a great synergy, thanks to which our sport collects the deserved successes. The many young people present are proof of the validity of our project: ‘activity towards young people is central to FIV, their participation pushes us to do better and better “. At the end, Eleonora Cottarelli and Flavia Tartaglini picked up the baton from Acciari to continue conducting the evening, welcoming Valentina Vezzali Undersecretary of I was at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers with responsibility for sport who said: “I am here as a representative of the institutions as Undersecretary for Sport to give my contribution to Italian sport that has allowed me to become the athlete and woman I am Today, closeness and support to all sports bodies are essential to promote the practice, starting with young people and getting closer to it to encourage Italians to healthy lifestyles. The activity in the school environment must be supported and the PNRR is an important opportunity for sports facilities. “The president of Coni Giovanni Malagò analyzed the state of health of the sailing sport:” As regards sailing, today we have 10 Olympic classes, with 2 mixed, for a total sum of 18 Olympic medals, so 5% of the total Olympic count is assigned to your sport. Sailing is a very important reality in our world. It is a world capable of combining a more unique than rare tradition with novelty and evolution. I congratulate the Federal Council and the representatives of the territory, of the clubs, who know how to unite the two worlds and work in synergy in a continuous evolution. “