Gian Carlo Vacchelli Corbetto (16 December 1981 – 12 August 2020) was a Peruvian sports commentator and

Fujimorist Fujimorism () denotes the policies and the political ideology of former President of Peru Alberto Fujimori as well as the personality cult built around him, his policies and his family. The ideology is defined by authoritarianism, its support f ...

politician. Nicknamed ''El Angelito'', meaning "the little angel", he presented the sports program ''El ángel del deporte'' (2008–09) on . Between 2011 and 2016, Vacchelli was a member of the

Force 2011 and was

Congressman A Member of Congress (MOC) is a person who has been appointed or elected and inducted into an official body called a congress, typically to represent a particular constituency in a legislature. The term member of parliament (MP) is an equivalen ...

for the district of

Lima Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of ...

elected in the 2011 elections. He stood for re-election in the 2016 election, but lost his seat. During his time in Congress, he presented various bills in favour of sports and people with disabilities, of which 49 were approved.

Personal life

Vacchelli had

osteogenesis imperfecta Osteogenesis imperfecta (; OI), colloquially known as brittle bone disease, is a group of genetic disorders that all result in bones that break easily. The range of symptoms—on the skeleton as well as on the body's other organs—may be ...

and used a wheelchair for mobility. He married Evelyn Osorio in May 2015. He had a little brother named "Upa". He died on 12 August 2020 at the age of 38.

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Congress profile
Fujimorista politicians Members of the Congress of the Republic of Peru Peruvian people of Italian descent Place of birth missing Place of death missing People with osteogenesis imperfecta 1981 births 2020 deaths Wheelchair users {{Peru-politician-stub