“Passion, commitment, tenacity and sacrifice are the basis of a prestigious and well-deserved sporting achievement, which brings up the name of Bitonto and makes our entire community proud”.
The Municipality celebrates Nicola Lomangino, European champion of Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
A few days after the success on the tatami of the Institut du Judo in Paris, the Koi fit asd athlete was received at Palazzo Gentile by the mayor Francesco Paolo Ricci and by the councilor for social services, Silvia Altamura.
The video of the victory, in the master category 2 brown belt 76 kg, projected in the Sala degli Specchi was exciting.
“After the match, I isolated myself to cry. It was my greatest success” confessed the forty-year-old, recalling the choice to play against younger opponents (category from 35 to 39 years old) from all over the Old Continent.
“I owe a lot to my master”, but also to his stubbornness and the desire to overcome his limits.
“I took up this sport because I was afraid of it – he admitted -. I recommend it to all anxious people, because it teaches you to think and work under stress”. “Everyone can do it” is the message that she also conveys to her team, the largest in Puglia with over 40 members.
Now the goal is called Abu Dhabi, where a world competition is being held.
Fingers crossed for him also the municipal administration, which wanted to pay homage to him yesterday with a commemorative plaque.
