54 - Athletics, sports award “Guerin d'oro”, awarded by the magazine “Guerin Sportivo” in 1970 to the president of Italian athletics Primo Nebiolo (1923-1999) Overall height 26.00 cm Base 9.00 x 8.50 cm

Athletics, sports award “Guerin d'oro”, awarded by the magazine “Guerin Sportivo” in 1970 to the president of Italian athletics Primo Nebiolo (1923-1999) Overall height 26.00 cm Base 9.00 x 8.50 cm The "Guerino," the medieval knight and mascot of the magazine, is in gilded bronze, mounted on a column with a black marble base. The central brass plaque bears the dedication: "PRIMO NEBIOLO-GUERIN D'ORO-1970" The prestigious award in question was created by the great sports journalist Gianni Brera during his editorship of “Guerin Sportivo”, currently the longest-running sports magazine in the world. The awarding of this prize to a memorable sportsman like Nebiolo, who was, however, a stranger to the world of football, is a rare and unique event. It is no coincidence that this essentially unedited first version of the "Guerin d'oro" depicts the famous "Guerino" kicking a ball. Since 1976, with the arrival of the new Editor-in-Chief Italo Cucci, the award, as well as the format of the magazine itself, have undergone a complete design overhaul. Nebiolo had taken charge of Italian athletics the previous year, rising to the presidency of the IAAF World Athletics Federation from 1981 until his death (and was re-elected for another four-year term just months before his death), a member of the CONI Board from 1973 to 1989 (vice president from 1978), and of the IOC from 1990, thanks to a personal appointment by President Samaranch for special merits. Italian and world athletics probably owe everything to this man.