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EVENTS AND EXPERIENCES WITH THE CHAMPIONS
Driven by our passion for traveling, sports, and personal growth through many different activities, we are offering our corporate and private clients, the unique opportunity to participate in events in the presence of our Team of Champions.
Our mission
Is to harness the wisdom and experiences of former sports champions and translate them into valuable teachings and education for both corporate leadership and the younger generation.
We believe
That the principles of discipline, teamwork, resilience, and peak performance that ex-champions have honed throughout their careers are not only applicable but crucial in the business world and personal development. Through their stories, mentorship, and insights, we aim to inspire, guide, and empower individuals and organizations to achieve their full potential, fostering a new generation of leaders who are well-equipped for success, both on and off the field.
MOTORBIKES
Marco Melandri
Marco was born in Ravenna (Italy) in 1982. As a motorcycle road racer, he is a five-time premier class race winner. He is the 2002 250 cc World Champion and runner-up in the 125 cc, MotoGP, and Superbike World Championship. He competed in the MotoGP class from 2003 to 2010 and then a brief return with Aprilia in 2015.
Marco’s best years in MotoGP came in 2005 and 2006 with these two seasons being the only seasons he won races in MotoGP, the same as title rival Nicky Hayden. Melandri finished runner-up in 2005 to Valentino Rossi with two wins. The 2006 season is regarded as his best ever as he won three races and finished 24 points behind eventual champion Nicky Hayden. In both these seasons, he won more races than title rival Hayden, finishing ahead of Hayden in 2005 and just behind him in 2006. Melandri has 22 race wins in Grand Prix motorcycle racing including five in MotoGP.
In his career, Marco won overall 44 times, 137 podiums, 13 poles, and 37 fastest laps.
He is also known as Macho Melandri.
Marco’s best years in MotoGP came in 2005 and 2006 with these two seasons being the only seasons he won races in MotoGP, the same as title rival Nicky Hayden. Melandri finished runner-up in 2005 to Valentino Rossi with two wins. The 2006 season is regarded as his best ever as he won three races and finished 24 points behind eventual champion Nicky Hayden. In both these seasons, he won more races than title rival Hayden, finishing ahead of Hayden in 2005 and just behind him in 2006. Melandri has 22 race wins in Grand Prix motorcycle racing including five in MotoGP.
In his career, Marco won overall 44 times, 137 podiums, 13 poles, and 37 fastest laps.
He is also known as Macho Melandri.
MOTOR RACING
Giancarlo Fisichella
Giancarlo was born in 1973 in Rome (Italy). Also known as Fisico, he is an Italian professional racing driver, also captain of the official Nazionale Piloti association football team (composed of the racing drivers).
He has driven in Formula One for Minardi, Jordan, Benetton, Sauber, Renault, Force India and Ferrari.
Since then he has driven for AF Corse in their Ferrari 458 GTE at various sportscar events, becoming twice a Le Mans 24 Hour class winner, and a GT class winner of the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta. He was also Ferrari's F1 reserve driver for 2010.
Fisico won three races in Formula One; with Jordan in Brazil in 2003, and with Renault in 2005 and 2006. In his Formula One career he had 19 podiums, two Fastest Laps, and four Pole Positions.
Since then he has driven for AF Corse in their Ferrari 458 GTE at various sportscar events, becoming twice a Le Mans 24 Hour class winner, and a GT class winner of the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta. He was also Ferrari's F1 reserve driver for 2010.
Fisico won three races in Formula One; with Jordan in Brazil in 2003, and with Renault in 2005 and 2006. In his Formula One career he had 19 podiums, two Fastest Laps, and four Pole Positions.
SWIMMING
Filippo Magnini
Filippo was born in Pesaro (Italy) in 1982 and has been one of the greatest Italian Swimmers of all time. He won three gold medals (in the 100 m, 4×100 m relay, and 4×200 m relay freestyle) and one bronze medal at the 2004 European Championships (long course) in Madrid. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Magnini won the bronze medal in the 4×200 m freestyle relay. His steady rise reached its highest point at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships, where he won the gold medal in the men's 100 m freestyle with a time of 48.12, then the all-time second fastest behind Pieter van den Hoogenband's world record.
At the 2006 European Aquatics Championships, he won the gold medal in the 100 m and in the 4×200 m freestyle races, and a bronze in the 200 m freestyle. The following year, he defended his world championship gold medal in the 100 m, when he tied for first place with Canadian Brent Hayden in a time of 48.43, resulting in joint gold. He also won a silver medal in the 4 × 100 m. Since then he has won silver and medals at the World Short Course Championships (silver – 100 m freestyle, 2007, 4 × 100 m freestyle, 2012, 4 × 200 m freestyle, 2014; bronze – 4 × 200 m freestyle, 2008, 4 x 50 m freestyle, 2014), and gold, silver and bronze medals at European level.
Overall Filippo won 21 gold medals, 18 silver, and 14 bronze.
Filippo was also known as Superpippo and King Magno.
At the 2006 European Aquatics Championships, he won the gold medal in the 100 m and in the 4×200 m freestyle races, and a bronze in the 200 m freestyle. The following year, he defended his world championship gold medal in the 100 m, when he tied for first place with Canadian Brent Hayden in a time of 48.43, resulting in joint gold. He also won a silver medal in the 4 × 100 m. Since then he has won silver and medals at the World Short Course Championships (silver – 100 m freestyle, 2007, 4 × 100 m freestyle, 2012, 4 × 200 m freestyle, 2014; bronze – 4 × 200 m freestyle, 2008, 4 x 50 m freestyle, 2014), and gold, silver and bronze medals at European level.
Overall Filippo won 21 gold medals, 18 silver, and 14 bronze.
Filippo was also known as Superpippo and King Magno.
FREE DIVING
Mike Marich
Mike was born in Milan in 1973 with Croatian origins.
In 1997, he graduated and then something completely unexpected happened to him, meeting the myth, freediving icon, Umberto Pelizzari. They became great friends at that moment.
Mike could spend hours telling all the stories and adventures that they have lived together, inside the water and on land.
In 2001 he entered the world of competitive free-diving and joined the Croatian national team in the AIDA World Championship. My passion for competitive freediving kept growing, I became a monofin expert and instructor. New disciplines were constantly coming up in the world of freediving, the “Jump Blue” among them consisting of a sort of square, each side measuring 15 meters and placed at a depth of 15 meters.
In 2004, during the International Championship in Croatia, Mike managed to swim 120 meters of the square scoring a new World Record. He kept on training even more and after a couple of months broke the National Record of dynamic apnea with fins achieving 150 meters in the swimming pool.
In 2005, after another victory at the National Championship his competitive career came to a stop: Filippo, his best friend, a freediving instructor who was with me in many competitions and courses, unexpectedly died while spearfishing. This event turned his life upside down and he decided to stay away from the water for a long period of time: the Sea, which had given him a deep joy, had also taken his friend away, the closest person he had, his guardian angel. It was an unbearable sorrow.
After a dark and difficult time, in February 2006 Mike started believing in himself again and went back to training with just one goal in my mind; make peace with the sea and maybe with himself. After almost a year he took part in the National Championship winning for the third time in a row. It was an important result for him, especially from an emotional point of view, for he managed to defeat his greatest enemies: himself and his fear.
He then decided to devote part of his life to discovering the world of wild dolphins, traveling through the Bahamas, Honduras, and Hawaii. He had the chance to tell his story in some programs on National TV, as a television host in a series called “Around the World in 80 Islands” and in a small documentary for Discovery Channel titled “Liquid Man”.
After being awarded with the athletic merit and with the gold medal for athletic merit by the Italian Olympic Committee, Mike decided to teach the monofin technique thoroughly, a unique tool that allows one to feel like a dolphin. So he created his school “Swim Like a Dolphin” through which he has been able to transmit his experience as the scientific know-how he has gathered so far. He basically combined his love for science and his passion for water, after a degree in Medicine, a specialization, a master and a Ph.D., he started working as a Professor at the University of Pavia in many Departments among which the Sports Medicine.
Mike is not only a freediving trainer but also provides counseling in breathing techniques. In his career, he has trained sports champions in different disciplines with his breathing techniques improving their performances.
In 2001 he entered the world of competitive free-diving and joined the Croatian national team in the AIDA World Championship. My passion for competitive freediving kept growing, I became a monofin expert and instructor. New disciplines were constantly coming up in the world of freediving, the “Jump Blue” among them consisting of a sort of square, each side measuring 15 meters and placed at a depth of 15 meters.
In 2004, during the International Championship in Croatia, Mike managed to swim 120 meters of the square scoring a new World Record. He kept on training even more and after a couple of months broke the National Record of dynamic apnea with fins achieving 150 meters in the swimming pool.
In 2005, after another victory at the National Championship his competitive career came to a stop: Filippo, his best friend, a freediving instructor who was with me in many competitions and courses, unexpectedly died while spearfishing. This event turned his life upside down and he decided to stay away from the water for a long period of time: the Sea, which had given him a deep joy, had also taken his friend away, the closest person he had, his guardian angel. It was an unbearable sorrow.
After a dark and difficult time, in February 2006 Mike started believing in himself again and went back to training with just one goal in my mind; make peace with the sea and maybe with himself. After almost a year he took part in the National Championship winning for the third time in a row. It was an important result for him, especially from an emotional point of view, for he managed to defeat his greatest enemies: himself and his fear.
He then decided to devote part of his life to discovering the world of wild dolphins, traveling through the Bahamas, Honduras, and Hawaii. He had the chance to tell his story in some programs on National TV, as a television host in a series called “Around the World in 80 Islands” and in a small documentary for Discovery Channel titled “Liquid Man”.
After being awarded with the athletic merit and with the gold medal for athletic merit by the Italian Olympic Committee, Mike decided to teach the monofin technique thoroughly, a unique tool that allows one to feel like a dolphin. So he created his school “Swim Like a Dolphin” through which he has been able to transmit his experience as the scientific know-how he has gathered so far. He basically combined his love for science and his passion for water, after a degree in Medicine, a specialization, a master and a Ph.D., he started working as a Professor at the University of Pavia in many Departments among which the Sports Medicine.
Mike is not only a freediving trainer but also provides counseling in breathing techniques. In his career, he has trained sports champions in different disciplines with his breathing techniques improving their performances.