NAME: Gianluca Magnani

NATIONALITY: Italy

GENDER: Male

FUNCTION: Umpire

DATE OF BIRTH: 1970-04-08

OCCUPATION: Employee

LANGUAGE FOR INTERVIEW: Italian (better) and English

PLAYING/COACHING CAREER:

First year as umpire 1987

ESF certificated in 1998

ISF certificated in 2000

Games umpired  1588 including European Championship, Olympic Qualifier, Olympic Test Event, Intercontinental Championship, Canada Cup and European Cups

 

NUMBER OF TIMES PARTICIPATED IN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP:

NUMBER OF GAMES UMPIRED IN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP:

NUMBER OF TIMES PARTICIPATED IN OLYMPIC GAMES:

NUMBER OF GAMES UMPIRED IN OLYMPIC GAMES:

THREE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT GAMES UMPIRED IN CAREER:

Final Game at the plate of the Olympic Test Event in Athens (2004)

Final Game at the plate of Intercontinental Championship in Madrid (2005)

Final Game on second base of Canada Cup (2002)

 

GENERAL INTEREST:

Softball

Fishing

Opera