Gardone Val Trompia, November 18, 2021 - Gabriele Rossetti, athlete from Ponte Buggianese (PO), gold medalist at the Rio 2016 Olympics, arrived today at the Pietro Beretta Arms Factory in Gardone Val Trompia (BS) to sign his contract sponsorship for the next two Olympic cycles.
“Once through this door, I really felt a thrill - said Rossetti - I remember being born and raised here, having entered this company with my father and having been in the office of Cavaliere Ugo Gussalli Beretta. Reliving these sensations and images, also remembering my father who is no longer there, was very emotional. The Olympics of Rio, of course, was the icing on the cake of the memories I shared with Beretta: it is indelible. But I think now the most important thing is to create a new story, I hope even more beautiful than the past one. This is my home. Going back to winning with Beretta will be something extraordinary. "
Gabriele Rossetti will resume his competitive activities using a Beretta DT11 Black Pro shotgun in the Skeet version with 76 cm barrel: "It is a huge stimulus for me to get back into the game for the new season alongside a company with such a legendary history. - commented - I come from using a DT11 rifle barrel 73 with which I won the Olympics and achieved important results. With this change of formulas in which many doubles are foreseen, I realized that there is a need for a longer rod: I have talked about it at length with Andrea Benelli and we share the same thought. The DT11 Black I'm going to use is a very agile and light shotgun and I think it is perfect for my physical conformation and the technique I adopt. "
At the time of signing, the General Manager of the Arms Factory Pietro Beretta, Eng. Carlo Ferlito, who declared satisfied: "Today we took another important step forward for the Beretta Team. Gabriele Rossetti is a key part of the historic result of 10 medals out of 15 obtained in Rio 2016 and it is therefore a great pleasure to have him back with us. We are ready to embark with him on a new path of growth and victories and to support him in achieving his goals with the entire ecosystem of physical and digital products that Beretta offers to shooters. Among these is the Shooting Data App, which thanks to the strength of the data allows all shooters to be more and more precise and performing. With Gabriele Rossetti, the Italian skeet shooting team is more and more in the name of Beretta ”.
Rossetti says he is impatient to resume the shooting season, with a great goal already in the short term: "I only need one World Cup round to match my coach Andrea Benelli's record in winning everything there is to win. I will do everything to achieve this goal next season and to continue to enrich my palmarès. "