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Ugo Sansonetti (born January 10, 1919), nicknamed Matusalesto (a pun based on the name of Matusalem and the Italian ''lesto'', "quick"), is an Italian writer and masters athlete. He is the current world record holder in the M85 200 metres and M90 400 metres.〔http://www.world-masters-athletics.org/records/outdoor-men〕 He is famous throughout Italy for his appearance as a spry athlete in a Coca Cola and a Barilla advertisement.〔 (El atleta octogenario )〕 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.〔(A 85 ANNI VOLERÀ IN ASSENZA DI GRAVITÀ CON SPACELAND ) (Nota: l'articolo è del 2004, il volo è stato poi effettuato l'anno successivo, all'età di 86 anni, non 85)〕 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'' (translated=''Migrants to the conquest of the forest''), which promotes that colonization of Costa Rica.〔(Dalla scheda di SMS. Messaggi alle nuove generazioni )〕 In the seventies he directed and helped to lift a European frozen foods manufacturer that would later become known as Findus.〔Felice Alborghetti, ''(Tutti i record di Matusalesto )'', Stadium on line N.1/2, Centro Sportivo Italiano, gennaio/febbraio 2009.〕〔 (El atleta de la chispa de la vida )〕 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. ==First octogenarian in zero gravity== In 2005, at the age of 86 years, participated in project SpaceLand Sansonetti, a flight in a weightless environment on a Boeing 727 -200. Starting from Bordeaux, France, it was the first parabolic flight to accommodate ordinary citizens, and the first to bring on board an octogenarian.〔''Elisir di lunga vita. Per lui è il latte fresco'', in ''Altroconsumo N.225'', Milano, Altroconsumo Edizioni, aprile 2009, p.51〕〔('Zero-G', in aereo a gravita' zero )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ugo Sansonetti」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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