It’s back to business at European level. Remember? Back in July, the Alma Mater Studiorum reached the pinnacle of the Old Continent with both the men’s basketball team and the women’s volleyball team. For both teams – it’s worth recalling – this was their fifth title (each), crowning an extraordinary period that began in 2017 in Miskolc, Hungary.
After Salerno – where it wasn’t just basketball and volleyball, but table tennis too – the university event moves to Tirana, the capital of Albania, where the Alma Mater Studiorum flag will fly from 8 to 16 September. It kicks off with taekwondo, with Silvia Lombardi and Roberto Boghi acting as officials. Competing will be Luca Ferella (Men’s Freestyle Poomsae Tournament and Men’s Recognised Poomsae Tournament), a student of Sports Science; Diego Gessaroli (Men’s Recognised Poomsae Tournament), who is studying Information Engineering; and Laila Harti (Women’s Kyorugi Tournament, +53 kg/-57 kg category), a student of Pharmaceutical Sciences. In judo, meanwhile, the official is Fabio Fabbroni. On the tatami are Gian Marco Coppari (–81/+90 kg category), a Physics student; Claudia Barbeitos (+63/–70 kg category), a Philosophy student; and Sofia Bragagni (+57/–63 kg category), a student of School and Community Psychology. There is one aspect that makes the students of the Alma Mater Studiorum special: the Dual Career programme, dedicated to recognising the status of student-athletes.
An initiative designed to help students balance their university studies with their sporting careers, supporting those who choose to excel at the highest level in both areas.
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Credit: Danilo Garcia Di Meo. Courtesy of the Archiginnasio Municipal Library – Bologna.
