Emanuele Lambertini

Emanuele was born in Cento, Italy, on February the 21st 1999. He now lives in the province of Bologna, in San Giovanni in Persiceto, he studies automation engineering at the University of Bologna and one of his biggest goals is to realize new prosthesis.

He was born with a very rare vascular malformation in his right leg, which has degenerated over the years. After painful and incessant treatment in Italy and abroad, he had to undergo trans-femoral (above-the-knee) amputation at the age of eight and a half.

From then on, Emanuele has had a dynamic, emotional and physical growth that has turned him into a lively, outgoing and always smiling boy.

Despite the fact that the serious illness left a deep mark on him, he is now a young man with a kind, open and sociable character, always ready to set himself new goals to achieve and limits to overcome.

He started playing the piano at the age of 12 as a self-taught musician and it soon became his second great passion, so much that he decided to become a composer, always trying to transform his thoughts and emotions into musical pieces.

Emanuele approached the sporting world for the first time at the age of 10. In December 2009, following advice from CIP, in the person of Mr Gianni Scotti, Regional President, he had his first approach to wheelchair fencing at the Zinella Scherma gym in San Lazzaro di Savena (Bologna).