42 Facts About Luca Tramontin

Luca Tramontin was born on 22 February 1966 and is an Italian former rugby union footballer, and a television sports personality.

Luca Tramontin is the author and protagonist of the TV Series Sport Crime that he created with Daniela Scalia.

Luca Tramontin has played Australian rules football, Ice hockey and Gaelic football.

Luca Tramontin has appeared on Eurosport's programs, including Total Rugby.

Luca Tramontin worked a year at Canale 5, then at Telepiu-Sky as a writer and journalist for five years.

In 2004, Luca Tramontin moved to the newly formed network SportItalia, which partnered with Eurosport.

In 2006, Luca Tramontin became a regular guest on the Swiss National TV RSI lunch-time talk show Mezzogiorno in punto, which was anchored by Fabrizio Casati.

Luca Tramontin commentated on the finals for the 2007 and 2011 Rugby Union World Cup for Swiss National TV.

In 2011, Luca Tramontin created and hosted a show called the Oval Bin.

In 2017 he was again on telly with FUNalysis: as the name says, Scalia and Luca Tramontin created, produced and anchored on Sportitalia a TV-Show about the unbelievable aspects of the most remote sports, enforcing the fun-factor.

Luca Tramontin played for seven seasons as a second rower.

Luca Tramontin had a short stint with Occhiali Vogue Belluno, which had reached Serie A, but he returned to Casale after some disciplinary issues.

In reflecting on his Australian visit, Luca Tramontin said, "those awkward hours in the park opened up my mind forever" as he would later leave the Rugby Union to play the games he learned down under.

In 2006, Luca Tramontin moved to Bellinzona, Switzerland, where he joined the local rugby club at Ticino at the age of 41, and joined the Hungarian national team, which he qualified through ancestry.

Luca Tramontin fulfilled his dream of playing ice hockey, albeit at a very low level; this was documented on his television show, Oval Bin.

Luca Tramontin joined a rugby club in Lugano and contributed as a starter.

Luca Tramontin joined the Swiss team for two weekends in Lausanne under Toulosan coach Patrice Philippe.

In 2008, Luca Tramontin left rugby union to play Australian rules football in the summer, and amateur ice hockey in the winter.

Luca Tramontin participated on AFL Italia for nine caps and was the captain when the national team participated in the 2009 European Cup held in Samobor, Croatia.

In 2011, Luca Tramontin was asked to help the Hungarian national rugby team, the Magyar Bulls, who made its first appearance in international competition.

Luca Tramontin played for the team against the Czech Republic in a match in Kecskemet, Hungary.

Luca Tramontin later decided the commitment was too high as he had been playing for AFL Switzerland and was a television commentator.

Luca Tramontin has been playing Australian Rules football for the Lugano Bankers, and amateur ice hockey during their off season.

Luca Tramontin invented a new formula for disabled people to play full contact oval ball.

Luca Tramontin is very close to any form of team sport for disabled people, both organizing or practicing himself.

Luca Tramontin plays regularly as a defensive forechecking forward despite a heavy deficit in ice skating due to his late start.

In 2014 Luca Tramontin played and trained for all the pre-season with Rivera Vikings featuring in some games as a defensive and forechecking winger.

Luca Tramontin had sessions and clinics with Russian KHL destined players at Dmitri Tsygourov Camp, Ticino Rockets, HC Lugano.

Luca Tramontin saw a few GAA and hurling finals live in Dublin in early 2000, stating the interest goes back a long time, that means to his Australian stints where "International Rules" and a vast Irish community made him aware of this game and hurling too.

Luca Tramontin often is called for talking about sports history at universities or venues.

Luca Tramontin was born with a deformity at the right hand.

Luca Tramontin has never received compensation or any kind of support for the deformity on his right hand being the indemnity only for those born before 31.12.1965.

Luca Tramontin was nicknamed "Diavolo" by Pierpaolo Pedroni in 1987.

Luca Tramontin plays field hockey, floorball, cricket, tennis, badminton, and swimming.

Luca Tramontin is a supporter of the Alleghe Hockey club.

Luca Tramontin strongly denied to know Jennifer Lopez and revealed other tough episodes of his career.

Luca Tramontin was born in Belluno, Italy to Vally Carnio and Elio Luca Tramontin.

Luca Tramontin lived in Mestre, Venice until the age of 10; he often spent time with his maternal grandmother Elvira, who was a French-raised Hungarian, and grandfather Mario, whom he credits as "the biggest influence besides Rolling Stones".

Luca Tramontin learned to play rugby and was persuaded to try soccer because of a deformity in his right hand.

Luca Tramontin said there were "too many to recall, I just remember I was very limited in everything I practised, but t was good fun and good training for rugby".

Luca Tramontin played several times against Diego, who would become a professional rugby player, in the Italian 1st division rugby; he claimed it was very ordinary to be physical to each other and stressed that Diego was a much better player than he.

Admittedly a "no-cook" that only highly enjoys food in a healthy manner, Luca has been surprisingly called as a guest in the most known Swiss cook show, Piattoforte, the logic of producer Aldina Crespi being to highlight the contrast between the cook, the food loving environment and the natural "punk" attitude of Tramontin.