Luca Giustolisi was an Italian water polo player whose career highlights were a gold medal at the 1995 European Championships in Vienna, and an Olympic bronze the following year. Giustolisi was very successful in Europe competitions, winning the Len Cup and Cup Winners’ Cup with Roma in 1994 and 1996. He also won the Champions League with Posillipo, and Pro Recco, in 1998 and 2003 respectively.
Born in Trieste, Giustolisi’s father Giuseppe was an international water polo referee and federal councilor. After his playing days, Luca became manager of his home-town team and was later a coach at the Nervi club, and a technical director in Torino. Giustolisi’s final appointment in February 2023 saw him join the Brescia staff as a psychological consultant. He was married to the soprano singer Anna Caterina Antonacci, and they had one son. An incurable and aggressive disease claimed Giustolisi’s life in 2023 at just 53-years-of-age.
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