From Cerro Maggiore to the Olympics: Matteo Borsani has been called up for the Olympic arch at the Paris 2024 Games as a reserve for the starting trio of Mauro Nespoli, Alessandro Paolo and Federico Musolesi, after the Italian national team achieved Olympic qualification thanks to the European silver in Essen.
Born in 2003, Matteo Borsani, athlete of the Arcieri del Roccolo, he has brought home important results since his youth years entering the U21 national team circuit from 2022. Then in April 2023 the debut with the Olimpico senior national team and a few months later the team bronze at the Chengdu Universiade. Called up to the World Cup in Paris in August last year, In recent months, Borsani obtained a team silver in the European Indoor Championships. In 2019 he was also awarded a civic merit by the Municipality of Cerro Maggiore.
«All of Cerro and Cantalupo will cheer for our archery championscertain that, if called upon, Matteo Borsani will make his great contribution to the team – is the comment of the mayor Nuccia Berra -. For us it is a great honor to have such an important athlete in Cerro Maggiore, and I must say that an important recognition must also be given to our father Valerio, our historic employee. He taught Matteo his passion for archery and today, as a coach, he is enthusiastic about Matteo’s growth. Dear Matteo, the future is on your side and I’m sure you’ve already achieved your goal in life, but cYou will continue to improve yourself every day to always reach new and more important goals».
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