Gian Carlo Ceruti
Gian Carlo Ceruti (2 July 1952[1] – 31 March 2020) was an Italian sports executive and trade unionist, president of the Italian Cycling Federation from 1997 to 2005.
Career[edit]
Born in Pianengo in 1952, Ceruti joined the Cremona section of the Italian Federation of Metalworkers and of the Italian General Confederation of Labour in 1976; he was a trade unionist for twenty years, becoming among the leaders of FIOM and CGIL in his region. At the same time, he devoted himself to sports from a very young age. In 1993 he was elected as Federal Councilor of the Italian Cycling Federation and from 1995 to 1997 he served as Deputy Vice President; from 1997 to 2005 he was Federal President of the Italian Cycling Federation. He was also a member of the Italian National Olympic Committee and of the World Anti-Doping Commission of the Union Cycliste Internationale, and National Councilor of the Istituto del Credito Sportivo.[2][3][4] In 1996 he was awarded the Golden Collar (Collare d'oro) of the Italian Olympic Committee for his merits as sports executive.[1]
Thrice graduated in philosophy, political science and anthropology, he wrote several essays on cycling and on the phenomenon of immigration: Il ciclismo dalla Sicilia alla Toscana. Antropologia di una migrazione (2013), Tra passione e realtà. Antropologia di una cultura ciclistica (2013), Migrazioni contemporanee. Il viaggio di un antropologo in bicicletta (2017).[2][3]
Ceruti died in the hospital of Crema on 31 March 2020, aged 67, of COVID-19 complications, during the pandemic in Italy.[2][3][4][5][6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Scheda persona". coni.it.
- ^ a b c "E' scomparso Gian Carlo Ceruti, presidente dal 1997 al 2005". Federazione Ciclistica Italiana. March 31, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Gian Carlo Ceruti, il sindacalista con 3 lauree diventato presidente della Federciclismo. "Rilanciò i velodromi, poi arrivò il doping"". Il Fatto Quotidiano. May 24, 2020.
- ^ a b "Coronavirus, il ciclismo piange Giancarlo Ceruti". 31 March 2020. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
- ^ Sport, Sky (April 2020). "Lutto nel mondo del ciclismo". sport.sky.it.
- ^ "Ciclismo, coronavirus: morto ex presidente federale Ceruti". la Repubblica. March 31, 2020.