Gianluca Lorenzi

Not to be confused with Gianluca de Lorenzi or Gianluca Lorenzoni.
Gianluca Lorenzi
Mayor of Cortina d'Ampezzo
Incumbent
Assumed office
13 June 2022
Preceded byGianpietro Ghedina
Personal details
Born (1969-04-01) 1 April 1969 (age 55)
Political partyVivere 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

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

  1. ^ "Cortina, il nuovo sindaco è Gianluca Lorenzi". L'Amico del Popolo (in Italian). 13 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Il sindaco di Cortina Gianluca Lorenzi riceve il collare d'oro al merito sportivo". La Piazza web (in Italian). 17 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Il curling in consiglio: il sindaco Lorenzi, Zisa, mamma Monica". Corriere delle Alpi (in Italian). 16 June 2022.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Elenco degli atleti azzurri" (in Italian). Azzurri Cortina.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Ghedina cala altri quattro nomi per la sua lista". Il Gazzettino (in Italian). 4 May 2017.
  8. ^ a b "Gli attuali candidati sindaco di Cortina d'Ampezzo". Il Notiziario di Cortina (in Italian). 7 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Lorenzi e Scrocco nel cda di SeAm con a capo D'Agostini". Corriere delle Alpi (in Italian). 25 September 2019.
  10. ^ "La surroga di Lorenzi apre il consiglio". Corriere delle Alpi (in Italian). 7 June 2020.
  11. ^ "Cortina d'Ampezzo, sconfitto il sindaco che ha portato le Olimpiadi invernali nella "perla delle Dolomiti"". il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 14 June 2022.