Bartolo Consolo

Bartolo Consolo (November 4, 1949, Rome) is an Italian sports manager. Biography After an early brilliant career as an athlete, baskets, swimmer and water polo player, he becomes the president of the Rari Nantes Perugia, square of the city of his adoption and later president of AS Roma, a historical society in the who has wanted water polo player.

Under his leadership, the European Swimming League has made a spectacular development. Today L.E.N. organized hundreds of events every year with the participation of all the countries of the continent. In the 2007-08 season, in particular, around 1200 water polo matches were played under the auspices of the LEN. Achievements With the presidency of Bartolo Consolo, in addition, LEN gave a notable impulse to the diffusion of the water polo in Europe with the restructuring of the Men's and Women's European Cups, with the birth of the Euroleague (event that today has taken a level with a notable technical interest, together with a growing public and media interest) and with the restructuring of the European Nations Championships, which from 2010 onwards will ensure a greater diffusion of the sport as well as the technical growth of the teams participants through a greater possibility of confrontation than at present. The fruitful activity in the world of the sport, and that of the employees, led Bartolo Consolo obtained prestigious awards, as the Gold Star to Merit of Sports was named Official Knight of the Italian Republic, knight of the Order of Malta and knight of the Order of Saints Mauricio and Lázaro.

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