Region Liguria will honor its top athletes on Tuesday, November 17, at 5 p.m. local time (16:00 UTC) at the Sala Levante of the Magazzini del Cotone in Genoa, Città della Spezia reported.
The annual awards ceremony forms part of the Festival Orientamenti schedule. Officials use the event to celebrate competitors who bring prestige to the region across national and international stages.
“Per il 2026 il premio principale sarà attribuito a pari merito a Filippo Carossino e Andrea Giaretti, protagonisti assoluti della Nazionale italiana di basket in carrozzina, che ha raggiunto uno straordinario traguardo conquistando la prima medaglia d’argento mondiale nella storia della disciplina azzurra,” said Simona Ferro, Vice President of Regione Liguria and Regional Minister for Sport, told Città della Spezia.
The program includes joint top honors for wheelchair basketball internationals Carossino and Giaretti following their historic silver medal at the world championships. Organizers will also present special recognitions to standout performers across multiple disciplines and award student-athletes from the National Finals of the Nuovi Giochi della Gioventù.
Ferro added a remembrance for Emanuele Galeppini, a 16-year-old golf prospect who died in the Crans-Montana tragedy. The ceremony will honor his memory alongside the season’s active competitors.
Student-athletes from the region earned podium finishes at the youth games. Viola Nebbioli of ISA21-IC Follo and Alice Pirrotta of Liceo Pacinotti both secured second-place silver medals in the long jump competition.
Additional school sports medals went to swimmers and badminton players from across the region. Tommaso Di Palma, Luca Tosi Corello, and Matteo Campodoni claimed gold medals in swimming events.
The event highlights senior athletes who claimed international medals during the competitive year. Swimmer Alberto Razzetti earned two European silver medals and three Mediterranean Games gold medals.
Track athlete Ilaria Elvira Accame collected a European bronze alongside a gold and silver at the Mediterranean Games. Climber Camilla Moroni took home a European bronze medal.
Canoe polo world champions Luca Bellini, Andrea Bertelloni, and Gianmarco Emanuele will receive awards. Windsurfer Matteo Iachino, slalom X world champion, and archer Chiara Rebagliati, a European medallist, complete the senior honor roll.
The Italian artistic swimming national team will be represented by Beatrice Andina, Valentina Bisi, Sofia Mastroianni, Giulia Vernice, Ginevra Marchetti, Giorgia Lucia Macino, Sarah Maria Rizea, Flaminia Vernice, and Gabriele Minak following their three continental bronze medals.
