At 2:00 PM today, marking the deadline for submitting candidacies for the Presidency and the National Board ahead of the Elective National Council scheduled for 26 June in Rome, the following individuals have officially declared their candidacies (listed alphabetically):

Presidency: Duccio Bartalucci, Luciano Buonfiglio, Franco Carraro, Mauro Checcoli, Pierluigi Giancamilli, Carlo Iannelli, Giuseppe Macchiarola, Luca Pancalli.

The Central Electoral Commission has excluded the candidacies of Saimon Conti and Ettore Thermes due to failure to meet the eligibility requirements.

The Commission, noting that Dr Franco Carraro’s candidacy is considered eligible and complete according to the current CONI Statute, and in light of the official communication received on 3 June 2025 from the CONI Supervisory Authority, recognises that the matter requires a primary normative interpretation beyond its remit. Consequently, it refers any further and final assessment on the matter to the competent higher-level decision-making bodies of the previous procedure, where activated, as stipulated by the electoral regulations approved by the CONI National Council on 17 December 2024.

NATIONAL BOARD

FSN-DSA Representatives (7 seats, with a maximum of 5 reserved for Federation Presidents):
Diana Bianchedi, Tania Cagnotto, Angelo Cito (Taekwondo), Giovanni Copioli (Motorcycling), Cordiano Dagnoni (Cycling), Luca Antonio M. Di Mauro, Marco Di Paola (Equestrian Sports), Francesco Ettorre (Sailing), Laura Lunetta (Sport Dance), Andrea Mancino (Billiards and Bowling), Giuseppe Manfredi (Volleyball), Ugo Claudio Matteoli (Sport Fishing and Underwater Activities), Stefano Mei (Athletics), Francesco Montini, Claudio Ponzani (Surfing, Water Skiing and Wakeboarding), Flavio Roda (Winter Sports), Mario Scarzella, Giulia Soresina, Paolo Vaccari.

Athletes (2 seats, with equitable gender representation):
Elena Micheli (Modern Pentathlon), Giampaolo Ricci (Basketball), Valentina Rodini (Rowing).

Coaches (1 seat):
Tathiana Garbin (Tennis), Elisabet Spina (Football).

Sports Promotion Bodies (1 seat):
Cecilia Morandini (ASC), Juri Morico (OPES), Andrea Pantano (Libertas), Salvatore Bartolo Spinella (CSAIN).

Regional Committees Representative (1 seat):
Domenico Ignozza, Bruno Perra, Marco Riva, Sergio Roncelli.

Provincial Delegates Representative (1 seat):
Sergio D’Antoni, Domenico Ignozza, Sergio Roncelli, Guglielmo Talento.

Please note that, in order to ensure gender balance, a minimum of 30% of the members of the National Board must be of the underrepresented gender, with at least four members required to meet this criterion.