{"id":12314,"date":"2023-06-27T13:50:49","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T11:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fairplaymenarini.com\/news\/premio-internazionale-fair-play-menarini-il-giovane-nuotatore-gianluca-gensini-vince-il-premio-speciale-fiamme-gialle-studio-e-sport"},"modified":"2025-05-23T09:55:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T07:55:48","slug":"premio-internazionale-fair-play-menarini-il-giovane-nuotatore-gianluca-gensini-vince-il-premio-speciale-fiamme-gialle-studio-e-sport","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fairplaymenarini.com\/en\/news\/premio-internazionale-fair-play-menarini-il-giovane-nuotatore-gianluca-gensini-vince-il-premio-speciale-fiamme-gialle-studio-e-sport","title":{"rendered":"Fair Play Menarini International Awards, young swimmer Gianluca Gensini wins the Special Fiamme Gialle \u201cStudy and Sport\u201d Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FLORENCE, 27<sup>th<\/sup> June 2023 \u2013 Once again this year, the roll call for the XXVII edition of the Fair Play Menarini International Awards would not be complete without the \u201cStudio and Sport\u201d Fiamme Gialle Special Prize Category. <!--more-->Today, the award of the Fiamme Gialle Sports Division was presented to young swimmer Gianluca Gensini, born in 2003, during a press conference held at Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. An appointment that highlighted the return to Florence of this exciting event, dedicated to the value of fair play. The city of Florence will host both the talk show \u201cThe Champions Tell their Stories\u201d, presented by Ivan Zazzaroni in Piazza della Signoria on Monday, July 3<sup>rd<\/sup>, and the traditional gala dinner on Tuesday, July 4th at Piazzale Michelangelo. On Wednesday July 5<sup>th<\/sup>, Italian and international sporting legends will attend the official award ceremony which this year, for the first time, will be held at the Roman Theatre in Fiesole.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI am delighted that such a prestigious event, with twenty-six years of success behind it, is returning to Florence,\u201d <\/em>commented Cosimo Guccione, Councillor for Sport and Youth Policies in the Municipality of Florence. <em>\u201cSince its first edition, the award-winning champions, besides being positive role models for the new generations, have taken on the role as Fair Play Menarini Ambassadors around the world, advocating the noblest principles of sport such as sharing, brotherhood, solidarity and respect. Young people are bombarded with thousands of messages. They need examples to look up to and this event has, over time, created a shared and lasting legacy for the benefit of everyone that cannot be erased<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>We are really looking forward to the award ceremony on July 5th<\/em>,\u201d adds Anna Ravoni, the Mayor of Fiesole.<em> \u201cWe are honoured to welcome some of the great names of the world of sport in such wonderful settings and, above all, to an event that has been championing the highest values of fair play for years in an ongoing dialogue with civil society and the world of young people.<\/em>\u201c<\/p>\n<p>After the new entry of the Fair Play Menarini Award \u201cYoung Athletes\u201d category, Gianluca Gensini has now entered the official roll call of award winners taking home the coveted award set up in collaboration with the Italian Finance Police \u201cFiamme Gialle\u201d dedicated to young athletes who have achieved significant success both at sporting and academic level. In 2022, Gensini took part in the Youth Swimming \u201cCriteria\u201d gala whilst also graduating from high school with honours. Thanks to this Award, the young swimmer from the \u2018Esseci Nuoto di Calenzano\u2019 swimming club will also have the opportunity to train at the Sports Centre of the Fiamme Gialle in Castelporziano, along with the other two finalists in the \u201cStudio and Sport\u201d Fiamme Gialle Special Prize Category: high jump specialist, Serena Masi, and swimmer, Niccol\u00f2 Lucchi.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThis prize has once again given us the opportunity to acknowledge young talented individuals who have excelled both at school and in the sporting arena<\/em>,\u201d say Antonello Biscini, Valeria Speroni Cardi and Ennio Troiano, Board members of the Fair Play Menarini Foundation. <em>\u201cWe are confident that they will successfully build upon the commitment, sense of responsibility and determination that have brought them this far, and become shining examples for their peers.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Below are the winners and categories of the XXVII Fair Play Menarini International Awards:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>JAVIER ZANETTI, \u201cLegendary Figure\u201d Category<\/li>\n<li>DEBORAH COMPAGNONI, \u201cCareer Fair Play\u201d Category<\/li>\n<li>ALESSANDRA CAMPEDELLI, \u201cSocial Values of Sport\u201d Category<\/li>\n<li>ANTONIO CABRINI, \u201c A Role Model for Youth\u201d Paolo Rossi Special Prize Category<\/li>\n<li>ELISA DI FRANCISCA, \u201cSport and Courage\u201d Category<\/li>\n<li>GIULIA GHIRETTI, \u201cSport Beyond Sport\u201d SUSTENIUM Energy and Heart Category<\/li>\n<li>LARISSA IAPICHINO, \u201cA Smile for Life\u201d Category<\/li>\n<li>MASSIMILIANO ROSOLINO, \u201cSport Promotion\u201d Category<\/li>\n<li>LUIS ALBERTO SCOLA BALVOA, \u201cFair Play\u201d Category<\/li>\n<li>LISA VITTOZZI, \u201cFair Play and the Environment\u201d Category<\/li>\n<li>JACOPO VOLPI, \u201cNarrating Emotions\u201d Special Prize Franco Lauro Category<\/li>\n<li>MARCELO BIELSA, \u201cGesture of Fair Play\u201d Category<\/li>\n<li>MARIACLOTILDE ADOSINI, \u201cFair Play Young Athletes\u201d Category<\/li>\n<li>EMILIA ROSSATTI, \u201cFair Play Young Athletes\u201d Category<\/li>\n<li>GIORGIO PIETRO TORRISI, \u201cFair Play Young Athletes\u201d Category<\/li>\n<li>GIANLUCA GENSINI, \u201cStudio and Sport\u201d Special Prize Fiamme Gialle Category<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The following Fair Play Ambassadors shall also be attending:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>GIANCARLO ANTOGNONI<\/li>\n<li>EDWIN MOSES<\/li>\n<li>FEDERICA PELLEGRINI<\/li>\n<li>ARRIGO SACCHI<\/li>\n<li>TOMMIE SMITH<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FLORENCE, 27th June 2023 \u2013 Once again this year, the roll call for the XXVII edition of the Fair Play Menarini International Awards would not be complete without the \u201cStudio and Sport\u201d Fiamme Gialle Special Prize Category.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12331,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"news":[],"class_list":["post-12314","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fairplaymenarini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/12314"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fairplaymenarini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fairplaymenarini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairplaymenarini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12314"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairplaymenarini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/12314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24067,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairplaymenarini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/12314\/revisions\/24067"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairplaymenarini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fairplaymenarini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairplaymenarini.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news?post=12314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}