Name Lorenzo Sebastiani Height 1.84 m | Weight 118 kg | |
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Died April 6, 2009, L'Aquila, Italy | ||
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Lorenzo Sebastiani (born 28 September 1988 - dead 6 April 2009) was an Italian rugby union player who played prop for L'Aquila Rugby.
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- Lorenzo sebastiani il giovane pilone dell aquila rugbytg sport rtb sky 829
- Mauro bergamasco per lorenzo memorial lorenzo sebastiani
- Rugby career
- Earthquake and memorial
- References
Mauro bergamasco per lorenzo memorial lorenzo sebastiani
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 shaked by the earthquake that hit L'Aquila on 6 April 2009 and he died in the fall of that house.
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: