Gianluca Lorenzi

Lorenzi is the son of curler Ivo Lorenzi.^[3] He joined the national men's junior curling team in 1986, and held the role of vice-skip.^[4] In 1997, he joined the national men's team.^[5] He served as president of the Associazione Albergatori di Cortina from 2000 to 2006 and from 2016 to 2017, and was concurrently a board member of the Federalberghi Veneto.^[6] From 2002 to 2007, he served as assessor for tourism of Cortina d'Ampezzo.^[7] He served as municipal councillor for tourism under Gianpietro Ghedina from 2017 until his resignation in 2018.^[8] He was appointed board member of Servizi Ampezzo in 2019,^[9] and resigned from the municipal council in 2020 as a result.^[10] He remained as a board member until 2022.^[8] In the 2022 local elections, he campaigned on incumbent mayor Ghedina having lost contact with the town due to his focus on the 2026 Winter Olympics.^[11]