ROMA (ITALPRESS) – There is a thin thread that binds the management of a museum heritage to the organization of a great sporting event. Evelina Christillin, 70 years old on 27 November: he followed when Turin was preparing to light the Olympic flame of 2006, first as executive chairman of the promoter committee and then as vice president of the organizing committee of the Italian Winter Games. And he continues to follow him today, as president of the Fondazione Museo Egizio di Torino. “The first thing in common between the two things is knowing how to work in the team and conveying to all the sense of being part of an important project, which needs each one,” says Christillin in an interview with the Italpress agency. At the gates of Milan-Cortina, the legacy of Turin 2006 remains under the eyes of all. “The assignment was the most exciting moment of my life. The city heritage is formidable and the results can be seen today. Think about the Inalpi Arena with the Atp Finals and concerts – remember -. For the mountain no, except for events related to skiing. The jumping trampolines and bob track remained there, unused and expensive. Cortina should have taken into account our negative example of Cesana: In my opinion it would have been possible to bet on Innsbruck or St. Moritz. I still wish Italy the best in view of the next Olympics.”.
Christillin’s career began in the Fiat press office. Then at the dawn of 30 years the diagnosis of leukemia: “That two years in a hospital room they gave me charge for eternity.” The lawyer Gianni Agnelli was “a friend, a putative father”. From him a teaching on all: “The autoironia. It is an extraordinary gift, practical from morning to evening”. A useful quality for dealing with difficult times. One on all: “The Superleague night in Montreux was the worst time. It was terrifying, there came phone calls from Macron and Boris Johnson – he says –. I had my heart split in half, because Juventus has been part of my life since I was little. But my position could only be one: to remain faithful to the Uefa. Keep your back straight. At the end of those three days I drove to the cemetery of Issime, where my parents are buried, to make a ‘chat’ with them. At that moment I needed Mom and Dad.” First European woman to be elected in the Fifa Council, Christillin did not return for a third term.
“I feel satisfied with the path made. Everything has a start or an end. And it is much better – he says – to be regrets that endured. Football is a closed chapter with all the gratitude and gratitude I can have for those who have trusted me.” Football remains titrous and observant. On the horizon there is Euro2032 in Italy and Turkey: “The Turkish stadiums are extraordinary, while ours In 2016 in Rome accompanied Ceferin from the then President of the Council Matteo Renzi. He said to him, Invest in plants. It’s been nine years and time has come.”.
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