Matteo is also a canoeing coach and president of the Circolo Nautico Caldonazzo, founded 30 years ago by Matteo's father and uncle. The club ‒ now a high-level canoeing centre, located directly on the lake ‒ has a well-quipped gym and two permanent water training courses. Sizeable investments have been made for the automated racing starting line.
Athletes of the Italian national team, as well as famous sportsmen and sportswomen such as Antonio Rossi, former Olympic and world champion and Josefa Idem, the German world and Olympic canoeing champion, come here to train.
For the last 10 years, Matteo, together with important institutions, has brought to Caldonazzo the Junior National Canoeing Finals, which every year early in September brings together 1200 athletes aged between 8 and 12 years from all over Italy.
Canoeing is not only a competitive sport, it is done by many tourists too. In fact, at the Lido you can rent canoes and explore the lake and its incredible nature, paddling at ease and safely.
