(PRIMASPORT) SAN PELLEGRINO TERME – The Angelo Quarenghi Award for Sports Physician was awarded in the context of San Pellegrino Terme at Professor Domenico Accettura, cardiologist at the Maugeri Rehabilitation Centre in Cassano Murge and at the CTO Coronary Unit in Bari, very active in sport, former health manager and FIFA anti-doping doctor for the 1990 FIFA World Cup, doctor of the Under-16 national team from 1990 to 1992, and collaborator of the FIGC Federal Prosecutor's Office from 1976 to the present. Joining him at the evening event, promoted by the Angelo Quarenghi Cup Committee and attended by the Mario Mangiarotti Panathlon Club, were two former Atalanta players: Glenn Stromberg, captain and flag of the Nerazzurri club, already awarded as Man of Sports in 2024, in whose honour it was proposed to collect the number 7 jersey worn by the Swedish champion in Bergamo - And Adelio Moro, former Atalanta, Inter and Milan player, scout for Inter for twenty years and discoverer of Adriano "the Emperor" - who won the Scouting award. A joking recognition (the “Brembana Valley passport”) intended for the guests who most frequently attended the initiatives of the Angelo Quarenghi Cup Committee, was awarded to sports doctor Rodolfo Tavana, historic medical director at AC Milan and already awarded the Sports Doctor Award in 2024.
The honorees were surrounded by champions past and present, including former footballers Cristian Raimondi, Marino Magrin, and Gianluca Savoldi; cycling champion Ivan Gotti; boxer Maurizio Stecca; Letizia Milesi, the newly crowned European Paralympic swimming champion; and boxer Jonathan Kogasso, the WBC international Bridgerweight champion. (PRIMASPORT)
