Tamberi and Chiara said yes: Jacobs, Tortu and Bebe Vio were also present at the wedding

Summer of yes for champions and former sports champions: after Federica Pellegrini 's celebrity wedding with Matteo Giunta in Venice in recent days, today was the Olympic champion in high jump and gold medal at the Europeans Gianmarco Tamberi , 30 years old , Ancona, to say yes to his girlfriend of all time (they have been together for 13 years) Chiara Bontempi .

The two chose a fairytale place, the fifteenth-century Villa Imperiale , on the hills near Pesaro, a complex that belonged to the Sforza and Della Rovere, with a building dominated by a tower and full of frescoed rooms and then terraces, courtyards and gardens at the Italian.

The location had impressed Chiara, but it was also shared by Gimbo, who among other things is a testimonial on social media for tourism in the Marche. A couple of days ago he posted an image of Urbino on his social profiles, shared by Marche Tourism: "I'm getting married and I do it in the province of Pesaro Urbino, I've never had any doubts whether to do my wedding in the Marche , the only our great indecision was figuring out which of the thousands of fabulous locations to choose ".

Wedding in a private and highly protected form, with a crowd of journalists, photographers and TV crews outside the gate.

The mayor of Pesaro Matteo Ricci celebrated the civil wedding in the inner courtyard: “We have a sports hall waiting for you, with a basket to make dunks,” he said recalling Gimbo's exploits at the All Star Nba.

After the exchange of the rings Tamberi, dressed by Armani, and Chiara, in a classic white dress, kissed to the applause of the approximately 200 guests, with a side dish of six bridesmaids dressed in pink.

Gimbo's sports colleagues also came to celebrate at Villa Imperiale: sprinters and Olympic champions Marcell Jacobs and Filippo Tortu , who stopped to talk to journalists: "They have been together for a lifetime, their love has lasted for a long time, Chiara always follows him, I'm happy for them, ”said Jacobs. “Very excited” Tortu, who has known the couple “forever”.

Also present were the Paralympic champion Bebe Vio , the Qatari altist Mutaz Barshim , who shared the Tokyo Olympic gold medal with Tamberi, the president of Coni, Giovanni Malagò, the singer-songwriter Francesca Michielin. Honeymoon in the Maldives, Bali, Singapore. Then there will also be religious marriage, but in a confidential form.

(Unioneonline / L)