Gianni Merlo

He began his journalistic career in 1967 with the magazine "Atletica Leggera" and later became a contributor to newspapers “Il Giorno”, “La Gazzetta del Popolo” and “Stadio”.

In 1972 he served as an assistant commentator for RSI (the Swiss-Italian Radio Television), with which he participated in the 1972 Munich Olympics.

In 1974 he was hired by the "Gazzetta dello Sport", where he held the position of head of service for athletics, skiing, and Olympic politics.

He has covered twenty-five Olympic Games events: Thirteen Winter (Innsbruck 1976, Lake Placid 1980, Sarajevo 1984, Calgary 1988, Albertville 1992, Lillehammer 1994, Nagano 1998, Salt Lake City 2002, Turin 2006, Vancouver 2010, Sochi 2014, PyeongChang 2018 and Beijing 2022) and twelve Summer (Munich 1972, Moscow 1980, Los Angeles 1984, Seoul 1988, Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio de Janeiro 2016 and Tokyo 2020).

From 1990 to 1999 he was the director of the magazine "Atletica Leggera" and from 1990 to 2000 he edited the annual edition of the volumes "Atletica" and "Sci", photos chronicles of the competitive seasons of these sports, part of the series "The Great Illustrated Sports".