Luca Bertossio

Luca Bertossio is an Italian aerobatics pilot born on 24 January 1990 who specialises in glider aerobatics. He competes for the Italian National Glider Aerobatic Team and also works as a professional airshow pilot and flight instructor. Over his career he has become the first Italian to collect nine FAI gold medals, along with eight silver and four bronze, in the glider aerobatics discipline. His results include the title of Advanced World Champion at the 2012 World Advanced Glider Aerobatic Championship, World Air Games champion in Dubai in 2015 as the youngest ever winner, second place at the 2017 World Games, and three times Unlimited vice-world champion in 2015, 2018 and 2021. He is based mainly at the national glider aerobatic centre at Ozzano nell Emilia and has coached the Romanian national team.