It was held in Rome, at theHilton Hotel Rome Cavalieri the elective National Assembly UITS, which saw 365 voters accredited (247 Presidents, 64 athlete representatives and 54 technicians for a total of 1302,2 votes). Costantino Vespasiano was elected to the office of President UITS extension after passing the ballot with 52% of the preferences against the candidate Gianfranco Mantelli who totaled 46,72% of the preferences. "Thank you all, it's an honor for me, a real honor this result”- commented the newly elected visibly excited. “I joined the shooting family in 1968, I was 16, enrolled in the Velletri Section. I became a national councilor of government appointment in 1986: this is my home and I want to live in it with you.
The last thing I want is to disappoint you, I will do everything to live up to the trust you have placed in me. I know very well that it will not be easy, there is an internal conflict that must immediately stop in order to work together for the good of UITS. I will be the man of dialogue, of confrontation, the President of all ”. These are the members of the Board of Directors elected: Engelbert Zelger (565,3 votes), Fabio Sacchetti (417,2 votes), Barbara Creatini (404,2 votes), Marco Billi (402,5 votes), Roberto Brogli (353,4 votes), Davide Brutto (331,9 votes) ), Luigi Giardinieri (281,1 votes), Sara Barbieri (279,7 votes), Pierluigi Ussorio (Technical representative, 38, 2 votes), Martina Pica (41 athletes representative, 8 votes), Tiziana Ferrando (Athletes representative, 36 , 6 votes), Alfredo Marconi (Representative of athletes, 23 votes), Elena Anna Sportelli (Effective member of the Auditor of the Accounts, 574, 2 votes), Ettore Iurillo (Alternate Member of the Auditor). The works had started the morning after 10.00 with the greeting of the UITS Extraordinary Commissioner Igino Rugiero, who thanked the TSN Presidents and the Athletes and Technical Representatives for having intervened with such a wide presence.
The Commissioner then presented the President of the Assembly dott. Michele Signorini who explained the methods of conducting the Shareholders' Meeting and voting. The Olympic team that will participate in Tokyo 2020 was presented at the opening of the meeting: present Marco De Nicolo (Fiamme Gialle), Riccardo Mazzetti (Army), Lorenzo Bacci (Fiamme Oro), Marco Suppini (Fiamme Oro), Sofia Ceccarello (Fiamme Oro), Tommaso Chelli (Fiamme Gialle), Paolo Monna (Carabinieri), Roberto Di Donna, Enrico Pappalardo, Marco Certomà, Valentina Turisini and Horst Geier. Present in representation of the athletes for the technical manager Giuseppe Ugherani who will accompany them to Tokyo the athletes Nadia Fario, Andrea Liverani, Pamela Novaglio and Jacopo Cappelli. The federal doctor Gianpiero Cutolo was also present with the team (Source UITS extension).