Ugo Sansonetti

Male, Person

1919 –

99

Who is Ugo Sansonetti?

Ugo Sansonetti, nicknamed Matusalesto, is an Italian writer and masters athlete. He is the current world record holder in the M85 200 metres and M90 400 metres. He is famous throughout Italy for his appearance as a spry athlete in a Coca Cola and a Barilla advertisement. See the coca cola ad on youtube

Born in Rome, Italy, he was the son of Admiral Luigi Sansonetti. As of 2011 he lives in Rome, has ten children, 25 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. He has a degree in law and was a pioneer cavalry officer. He is an honorary citizen of Costa Rica, where he led a company doing agricultural colonization in the fifties. Among his writings is curating Emigranti alla conquista della foresta, which promotes that colonization of Costa Rica.

In the seventies he directed and helped to lift a European frozen foods manufacturer that would later become known as Findus.

In 1991 he was appointed Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic and in 2006 received the Star of Merit for his work.

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Born
Jan 10, 1919
Rome

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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