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Rugby player
Lorenzo Sebastiani
Date of birth(1988-09-28)28 September 1988
Place of birthL'Aquila
Date of death6 April 2009(2009-04-06) (aged 20)
Place of deathL'Aquila
Height184 cm (72 in)
Weight118 kg (260 lb)
Occupation(s)Rugby union player
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2005-07 L'Aquila ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2009 L'Aquila 2 (0)
Correct as of 9 April 2009

Lorenzo Sebastiani (28 September 1988 – 6 April 2009) was an Italian rugby union player who played prop for L'Aquila Rugby.

Rugby career

Sebastiani was born in Aquila, Abruzzo, and entered the youth team of the local L'Aquila Rugby in 2005. As a newcomer in the National U-18 squad in 2005, he took part to the FIRA youth European Championship getting the 3rd place, and then, with the Under-19 team, won the Division B World Championship category. On 23 December 2007 he made his debut in serie A, against Rugby Badia.

Earthquake and memorial

At the moment of his death Sebastiani was a guest of a teammate. The house was shaken by the earthquake that hit L'Aquila on 6 April 2009 and he died when the house collapsed.

In his memory the Italian Rugby Federation named after him the Centre- and Southern Italy's branch of the Youth Rugby Academy which is based in Rome.

Dedications to Lorenzo Sebastiani include:

  • 2009 : Indoor stadium of Rocca di Mezzo "Lorenzo Sebastiani"
  • since 2011 : Annual rugby memorial tournament "Lorenzo Sebastiani" in L'Aquila
  • 2013 : A park in San Donà di Piave, in Veneto, has been renamed Parco Lorenzo Sebastiani.

References

  1. "Il Centro - le vittime del terremoto Abruzzo".
  2. "Pallotta eroe de L'Aquila Rugby. Morto Lorenzo, il compagno". SKY Sport. 7 April 2009. Archived from the original on 12 April 2009. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  3. "L'Accademia Federale "Lorenzo Sebastiani"". Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  4. "Il palasport di Rocca di Mezzo intitolato a Lorenzo Sebastiani - Cronaca l'Aquila". 17 August 2009.
  5. "L'Aquila Rugby 1936 - Foglio Neroverde - Primo memorial "Lorenzo Sebastiani"". Archived from the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  6. "L'Aquila Rugby 1936 - Foglio Neroverde - Intitolato a Lorenzo Sebastiani il parco verde di via Tarvisio a San Donà di Piave". Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
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