MArTA's Taranto athlete is a testimonial for the Italian Aquathlon Championships

The Tomb of the Athlete of Taranto preserved at the MArTA - National Archaeological Museum of Taranto becomes a testimonial of the Italian Aquathlon Championships to be held for the second consecutive year in the Ionian capital on Sunday, July 2.

The Taranto athlete thus becomes a symbol with a strong cultural, historical and sports value that seals the memorandum of understanding between the National Arch aeological Museum of Taranto and Asd Triathlon Taranto, with the collaboration of the Italian Triathlon Federation (Fitri). The agreement aims to enhance the historical, landscape, cultural and sports heritage of Taranto, in a perspective of development and growth where culture and sport play a fundamental role in social and territorial regeneration.

On the occasion of the Italian Aquathlon Championships, about 350 athletes will arrive in Taranto, to which must be added companions, technical staff, jury, sports managers. Hundreds of people, many of them from outside the region, will be able to admire the masterpieces kept in the MArTA thanks to the agreement signed in recent days by the official delegated to the direction of the MArTA, Claudia Lucchese and the president of Asd Triathlon Taranto Edvige Mattesi. A delegation of Fitri executives, led by national president Riccardo Giubilei and regional president Antonio Tondi and Asd Triathlon Taranto composed of Edvige Mattesi and Luigi Giannotte, visited a few days ago the tomb of the Athlete dating back to the fifth century BC.

The winning athlete of the ancient Panathenaic games, an expert in the specialty of pentathlon, as evidenced by the amphorae laid in his tomb. A guide for the athletes who will compete for the national men’s and women’s titles in the Aragonese Castle, the Navigable Canal and the Taranto waterfront.

“The athlete, whose skeleton can be seen in Room VII (display case 89) of Taranto’s National Archaeological Museum, probably represented the city in the fifth century BC. C. in the Panathenaean competitions,” said Claudia Lucchese, an archaeological official delegated by Museums Director General Massimo Osanna to direct MArTA, “but it is also a symbol of a civilization that believed that sports training was the basis for the proper growth of young aristocrats, in a continuous search for harmony and balance that can provide a cue for today’s civilizations as well.”

“We thank Dr. Lucchese for accepting our solicitation,” commented Edvige Mattesi, president of Asd Triathlon Taranto. “The collaboration with one of the most important and prestigious archaeological museums in the world fills us with pride and is an opportunity to promote the artistic and cultural heritage of our city. We firmly believe that major sporting events should be considered not only for their technical and competitive value, but also as an opportunity to enhance the territory. The Taranto Athlete is a universal symbol and its value can become a good omen in anticipation of the 2026 Mediterranean Games.”

MArTA's Taranto athlete is a testimonial for the Italian Aquathlon Championships

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