Gianluca Lorenzi
Gianluca Lorenzi | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Cortina d'Ampezzo | |
| Assumed office 13 June 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Gianpietro Ghedina |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 April 1969 |
| Political party | Vivere Cortina |
Gianluca Lorenzi (born 1 April 1969) is an Italian politician and former curler serving as mayor of Cortina d'Ampezzo since 2022.[1] He oversees the town's preparations for the 2026 Winter Olympics, for which he was awarded the Gold Collar for Sports Merit in 2024.[2]
Early life and career
[edit]Lorenzi is the son of curler Ivo Lorenzi.[3] He joined the national men's junior curling team in 1986, and held the role of vice-skip.[4] In 1997, he joined the national men's team.[5] He served as president of the Associazione Albergatori di Cortina from 2000 to 2006 and from 2016 to 2017, and was concurrently a board member of the Federalberghi Veneto.[6] From 2002 to 2007, he served as assessor for tourism of Cortina d'Ampezzo.[7] He served as municipal councillor for tourism under Gianpietro Ghedina from 2017 until his resignation in 2018.[8] He was appointed board member of Servizi Ampezzo in 2019,[9] and resigned from the municipal council in 2020 as a result.[10] He remained as a board member until 2022.[8] In the 2022 local elections, he campaigned on incumbent mayor Ghedina having lost contact with the town due to his focus on the 2026 Winter Olympics.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Cortina, il nuovo sindaco è Gianluca Lorenzi". L'Amico del Popolo (in Italian). 13 June 2022.
- ^ "Il sindaco di Cortina Gianluca Lorenzi riceve il collare d'oro al merito sportivo". La Piazza web (in Italian). 17 December 2024.
- ^ "Il curling in consiglio: il sindaco Lorenzi, Zisa, mamma Monica". Corriere delle Alpi (in Italian). 16 June 2022.
- ^ "Passione per il curling e la sua città nel cuore: Gianluca Lorenzi nuovo sindaco di Cortina!" (in Italian). National Association of Olympic Athletes and Italy's Azzurri. 14 June 2022.
- ^ "Elenco degli atleti azzurri" (in Italian). Azzurri Cortina.
- ^ "Sistema Cortina: in lista con Ghedina, Giacobbi e Gaffarini Paola Coletti, Giulia Girardi, Gianluca Lorenzi e Massimo Siorpaes". Il Notiziario di Cortina (in Italian). 3 May 2017.
- ^ "Ghedina cala altri quattro nomi per la sua lista". Il Gazzettino (in Italian). 4 May 2017.
- ^ a b "Gli attuali candidati sindaco di Cortina d'Ampezzo". Il Notiziario di Cortina (in Italian). 7 April 2022.
- ^ "Lorenzi e Scrocco nel cda di SeAm con a capo D'Agostini". Corriere delle Alpi (in Italian). 25 September 2019.
- ^ "La surroga di Lorenzi apre il consiglio". Corriere delle Alpi (in Italian). 7 June 2020.
- ^ "Cortina d'Ampezzo, sconfitto il sindaco che ha portato le Olimpiadi invernali nella "perla delle Dolomiti"". il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 14 June 2022.