“I remember him for the smile of his eyes, always happy. Since he was a child he loved any sport. Elementarys was introduced to the Enteifying thanks to the master Renzo de Paoli, who taught outdoor geography through the map and compass. Many of his schoolchildren were passionate about orienting thanks to this method. Mattia has practiced Nordic ski as they do all Debertolis Della Valle. He also dedicated himself to the descent, with his brother Nicolò, thanks to his grandfather Rinaldo Zagonel, ski teacher and Alpine Guide and his uncle Piero Zagonel, also a ski teacher, who led them to practice off -track. With the US Primiero, beyond orienteering, he played football. In short, in any sport he was good. ”
So Erica Zagonel, Mattia’s mother Debertolis, Remember his son, the blue orienteering blue who died last night at the Chengdu hospital, in China, where he had been hospitalized in critical conditions following an illness during the inaugural race of the World Games. Born in Trentino but residing in Stockholm where he worked as an engineer, Debertolis He was only 29 years old.
On Friday during the scheduled race in China he had had an illness Probably also due to the prohibitive conditions: 43 degrees and a very high humidity rate. The signal of its GPS device, which all the athletes who participate in the race were equipped, had stopped moving by triggering the alarm and rescue. According to a first reconstruction, the Italian would have lost his senses and, falling, he would have slammed his head on the ground. After the first treatments he was hospitalized in a reserved prognosis. His condition immediately appeared dramatic, pushing the family to reach China.
A race against time. On Sunday, given the critical conditions, the family asked for the extreme unification, officiated by the bishop of Chengdu. A few hours later the young man died. “He put passion for us, as at school -added the mother, entrusting the words to the portal of the Italian Federation of Orientation Sport -. Bravo student, never a problem, until the Laura in Civil Engineering in Trento, the Magistral in Stockholm, until the doctorate in the Swedish capital with a 5 -year contract, where he lived, was, a nice character, was well -liked to be at home, he was always ready to help me home. Or support dad Fabio and grandfather Anselmo, in the stable. Like him.