Luca Pancalli

Luca Pancalli (born 16 April 1964) is an Italian sports manager and former swimmer. He is currently the Commissioner of the Italian Football Federation.

Luca Pancalli
Luca Pancalli with former President of the Italian Republic, Giorgio Napolitano
Personal information
Born (1964-04-16) 16 April 1964
Rome, Italy
Sport
CountryItaly Italy
SportParalympic swimming
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Paralympic Games 8 6 1
World Championships 3 0 0
Total 11 6 1
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York25m breaststroke 1C
Gold medal – first place1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York25m butterfly 1C
Gold medal – first place1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York25m freestyle 1C
Gold medal – first place1988 Seoul50m freestyle 1C
Gold medal – first place1988 Seoul100m freestyle 1C
Gold medal – first place1988 Seoul25m breaststroke 1C
Gold medal – first place1996 Atlanta50m backstroke S4
Gold medal – first place1996 Atlanta50m butterfly S4
Silver medal – second place1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York100m freestyle 1C
Silver medal – second place1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York3x25m individual medley 1C
Silver medal – second place1988 Seoul25m backstroke 1C
Silver medal – second place1996 Atlanta50m freestyle S4
Silver medal – second place1996 Atlanta100m freestyle S4
Silver medal – second place1996 Atlanta200m freestyle S4
Bronze medal – third place1988 Seoul3x25m freestyle relay 1A-1C
World Para Swimming Championships
Gold medal – first place1994 Malta50m backstroke S4
Gold medal – first place1994 Malta50m butterfly S3-4
Gold medal – first place1994 Malta50m freestyle S4

Biography

After having won a national youth modern pentathlon championship, Pancalli became a quadriplegic in 1981 following a tumble from a horse during an international race in Austria. Despite this, he was still able to partially move his arms and took part in four different editions of the Paralympic Games from 1984 to 1996, winning eight gold, six silver, and one bronze medal in swimming.[1]

He was appointed president of the Italian Paralympic Committee in 2000. He was then appointed vice-president of the Italian National Olympic Committee, being the first disabled person to take the job.

On September 21, 2006, after Guido Rossi resigned, Pancalli was appointed Extraordinary Commissioner of the FIGC (Italian Football Federation). On February 2, 2007, following gratuitous violences in the Sicilian derby in Catania which led to the killing of a policeman, Pancalli announced his intention to indefinitely suspend all football activities in the country. This is the second time such an event happened, the first time being after Genoa C.F.C. supporter Vincenzo Spagnolo was stabbed by an alleged AC Milan ultras member called Simone Brasaglia in 1995.

See also

References
  1. "Luca Pancalli". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee.
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