Role
Former track and field champion and sports manager. Former Deputy Vice President of CONI and currently Mayor of Genoa.
Bio
A graduate of Political Science, she was a champion in the hammer throw, representing Italy at the 2008 Beijing and 2012 London Olympic Games, competing for the Fiamme Azzurre sports team. Over the course of her career, she has won 22 Italian titles and two medals at the Mediterranean Games: gold in Pescara in 2009 and bronze in Mersin in 2013.
After retiring from competitive sports, she embarked on a career in sports management in 2016 and in 2021 became Deputy Vice President of CONI, the first woman to hold this role. In 2023, she received the honor of Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
In May 2025, she was elected mayor of Genoa in the first round with 51.6% of the vote, leading a center-left coalition. Since May 29, 2025, she has also been mayor of the Metropolitan City of Genoa. In this role, she coordinates the policies of the metropolitan area, with a particular focus on sustainable development, digitalization, and strengthening territorial cohesion and services.
Its administrative action is characterized by an approach geared toward innovation, inclusion, and the valorization of human capital, with the aim of strengthening Genoa's role as an attractive city for young people, businesses, and the research community, and supporting balanced development between the coast and the hinterland.
She is the author of the book The Strongest Girl in the World (Salani, 2022), the proceeds of which go to the Giannina Gaslini Hospital in Genoa. In 2022, she was named one of the 100 most influential women in Italy by FORBES magazine and one of the 40 under 40 "who are changing the country" by FORTUNE magazine. In 2023, she was awarded the honor of Commander of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy and the title of "Ambassador of Genoa in the World."