Allianz Italy will be the Presenting Partner of the journey of the Paralympic Flame
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Exactly one year after the ignition of the Flame in Olympia, the Organizing Committee of the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games unveiled in Verona the paths of the Olympic and Paralympic Flames, for a great journey that will ignite the excitement and sporting passion of Italians as the torchbearers pass through all the territories and communities of the Peninsula that will be involved.
Allianz Italia will be the Presenting Partner of the journey of the Paralympic Flame, which will be lit in England in Stoke Mandeville on February 24, 2026 and will travel 2 thousand kilometers in 11 days.
Valentina Sestan, Head of Strategic CEO projects and Head of Olympic and Paralympic Partnership of Allianz S.p.A., commented: “As Allianz we strongly believe in the values represented by the Paralympic Flame, a symbol not only of sports but also of peace, unity, inclusivity, respect and resilience, values that Allianz shares. With this partnership, Allianz confirms the proximity to the world of Paralympic sports initiated by our Group in 2006 at the international level and è is ready to support the extraordinary moment that Sport and athletes and Para athletes from all over the world will make us live at the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, of which we are a global partner”.
The Olympic and Paralympic Flame underlies a world of values related to Sport and universal messages of peace, unityà, inclusivityà and resilience in which Allianz strongly believes. Values shared by the people who work in the Company, whose mission è to protect families and businesses and ensure them a better present and future.
In fact, the Allianz Group launched its global partnership with the International Olympic and Paralympic Movements in 2021 with an eight-year agreement until 2028, strengthening the partnership already in place since 2006 with the International Paralympic Movement. Within this global framework, in Italy Allianz has developed important partnerships with CONI and the Italian Paralympic Committee (CIP) alongside the’Italia Team and the Paralympic Team. Since 2020, it has also been hosting in the Allianz Tower in Milan the offices of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Foundation, the Organizing Committee of the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Since 2022 è also Top Partner of the State Police Sports Group Fiamme Oro.
The Paralympic Flame will be lit on February 24, 2026 in the historic birthplace of Paralympic sport, Stoke Mandeville in England, and will travel 2 thousand kilometers in 11 days, touching numerous stops and territories in the 5 Flame Festivals of Milan, Turin, Trento, Bolzano and Trieste. On March 3, there will be the Unifying Ceremony in Cortina. March 4, 5 and 6 are the days of the relay: on the 4th it starts from Cortina and arrives in Venice, on the 5th it arrives in Padua and on the 6th it arrives in Verona.
From Feb. 24 to March 6, 2026, the day of the Opening Ceremony of the Paralympic Games at the’Arena di Verona, paradeà in the hands of 501 torchbearers. It will surely be a moment that will also ignite more and more attention and sports passion for the Milan Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games.
