Giacomo Perini
United with our mission to protect the environment and our waters.
World and European rowing champion
Giacomo Perini, athlete of the Circolo Canottieri Aniene, member of the Italian Paralympic national team and ambassador of piùblu, represents an example of determination, discipline and civic commitment, with a particular focus on sustainability and the protection of aquatic ecosystems.
2 × World Rowing Championship silver medallist
2022 – Račice: silver in the PR1 single.
2023 – Belgrade: silver in the PR1 single.
2 × European Rowing Champion
2022 – Munich: gold in the PR1 single.
2023 – Bled: gold in the PR1 single.
European silver 2024
2024 – Szeged: silver in the PR1 single.
In 2024, for all of us, Giacomo Perini also won a bronze medal at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
At the age of 18, during his final year of secondary school, Giacomo had a great passion for horse riding. Following a fall, he suffered a fractured femur; admitted to the Rizzoli Hospital in Bologna, he was diagnosed with osteosarcoma of the right leg.
After several rounds of chemotherapy and new recurrences, he had to face the amputation of the leg. Having come through the operation, he returned to sport — no longer through horse riding, but through rowing — joining the Italian Paralympic national team in 2017.
In December 2019 he was awarded the title of Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. He recounted his story — his illness and his rebirth through rowing — in the book La notte ha smesso di far paura.
With his sporting and human journey, Giacomo Perini supports piùblu’s mission and contributes to its awareness-raising activities for the protection of marine, lake and river ecosystems.
His presence as ambassador reinforces piùblu’s commitment to promoting an environmental culture founded on responsibility, participation and care for our waters.
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