Italy women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics

This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Italy women's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.

The Italy women's national water polo team has participated in 4 of 5 official women's water polo tournaments.^[1]

Abbreviations

Apps	Appearances	Rk	Rank	Ref	Reference	Cap No.	Water polo cap number
Pos	Playing position	FP	Field player	GK	Goalkeeper	ISHOF	International Swimming Hall of Fame
L/R	Handedness	L	Left-handed	R	Right-handed	Oly debut	Olympic debut in water polo
(C)	Captain	p.	page	pp.	pages

Team statistics

See also: National team appearances in the women's Olympic water polo tournament

Comprehensive results by tournament

Note: Results of Olympic qualification tournaments are not included. Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend

•  1st  – Champions
•  2nd  – Runners-up
•  3rd  – Third place
•  4th  – Fourth place
•  Q  – Qualified for forthcoming tournament

Women's team[1]	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020	Years
Italy		1st	6th	7th	2nd		4
Total teams	6	8	8	8	8	10

Number of appearances

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Women's team[1]	Apps	Record streak	Active streak	Debut	Most recent	Best finish	Confederation
Italy	4	4	4	2004	2016	Champions	Europe – LEN

Best finishes

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Women's team[1]	Best finish	Apps	Confederation
Italy	Champions (2004)	4	Europe – LEN

Finishes in the top four

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Women's team[1]	Total	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	First	Last
Italy	2	1 (2004)	1 (2016)			2004	2016

Medal table

Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Women's team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Italy (ITA)	1	1	0	2

Player statistics

Multiple appearances

See also: List of players who have appeared in multiple women's Olympic water polo tournaments

The following table is pre-sorted by number of Olympic appearances (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), date of birth (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.

• Number of five-time Olympians: 0
• Number of four-time Olympians: 1
• Number of three-time Olympians: 3
• Last updated: 24 January 2021.

Abbreviation

• HUN – Hungary
• ITA – Italy

Female athletes who competed in water polo at three or more Olympics

Apps	Player	Birth	Pos	Water polo tournaments					Age of first/last	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
				1	2	3	4	5
4	Tania Di Mario	1979	FP	2004	2008	2012	2016		25/37			[2]
3	Anikó Pelle	1978	FP	2004 HUN	2008 HUN	2012 ITA			25/33			[3]
	Elena Gigli	1985	GK	2004	2008	2012			19/27			[4]
	Teresa Frassinetti	1985	FP	2008	2012	2016			22/30			[5]

Multiple medalists

See also: List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women)

The following table is pre-sorted by total number of Olympic medals (in descending order), number of Olympic gold medals (in descending order), number of Olympic silver medals (in descending order), year of receiving the last Olympic medal (in ascending order), year of receiving the first Olympic medal (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.

• Number of three-time Olympic medalists: 0
• Number of two-time Olympic medalists: 1
• Last updated: 1 May 2021.

Female athletes who won two or more Olympic medals in water polo

Rk	Player	Birth	Height	Pos	Water polo tournaments					Period (age of first/last)	Medals				Ref
					1	2	3	4	5		G	S	B	T
1	Tania Di Mario	1979	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	FP	2004	2008	2012	2016		12 years (25/37)	1	1	0	2	[2]

Top goalscorers

See also: List of women's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers

The following table is pre-sorted by number of total goals (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.

• Number of goalscorers (40+ goals): 1
• Number of goalscorers (30–39 goals): 0
• Number of goalscorers (20–29 goals): 0
• Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Female players with 20 or more goals at the Olympics

Rk	Player	Birth	L/R	Total goals	Water polo tournaments (goals)					Age of first/last	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
					1	2	3	4	5
1	Tania Di Mario	1979	Right	47	2004 (14)	2008 (10)	2012 (18)	2016 (5)		25/37			[6]

Source:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2004 (pp. 72–73), 2008 (pp. 68–69), 2012 (pp. 362–363), 2016 (pp. 212–213).

Goalkeepers

See also: List of women's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers

The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), cap number or name of the goalkeeper (in ascending order), respectively.

Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Abbreviation

• Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)

Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	Saves	Shots	Eff %	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
2004	1	Francesca Conti	1972	32	39	72	54.2%		Starting goalkeeper	[7]
	5	Elena Gigli	1985	19	0	0	—			[4]
2008	1	Elena Gigli (2)	1985	23	40	79	50.6%		Starting goalkeeper	[4]
	13	Chiara Brancati	1981	27	10	20	50.0%			[8]
2012	1	Elena Gigli (3)	1985	27	56	105	53.3%		Starting goalkeeper	[4]
	13	Giulia Gorlero	1990	21	3	6	50.0%			[9]
2016	1	Giulia Gorlero (2)	1990	25	65	106	61.3%		Starting goalkeeper	[9]
	13	Laura Teani	1991	25	0	2	0.0%			[10]
Year	Cap No.	Goalkeeper	Birth	Age	Saves	Shots	Eff %	ISHOF member	Note	Ref

Source:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2004 (pp. 72–73), 2008 (pp. 68–69), 2012 (pp. 362–363), 2016 (pp. 212–213).

Top sprinters

The following table is pre-sorted by number of total sprints won (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), name of the sprinter (in ascending order), respectively.

* Number of sprinters (30+ sprints won): 0

• Number of sprinters (20–29 sprints won): 1
• Number of sprinters (10–19 sprints won): 0
• Number of sprinters (5–9 sprints won): 1
• Last updated: 15 May 2021.

Abbreviation

• Eff % – Efficiency (Sprints won / Sprints contested)
• HUN – Hungary
• ITA – Italy

Female players with 5 or more sprints won at the Olympics

Rk	Sprinter	Birth	Total sprints won	Total sprints contested	Eff %	Water polo tournaments (sprints won / contested)					Age of first/last	ISHOF member	Note	Ref
						1	2	3	4	5
1	Tania Di Mario	1979	23	58	39.7%	2004 (7/16)	2008 (1/10)	2012 (4/10)	2016 (11/22)		25/37			[2]
2	Anikó Pelle	1978	6	12	50.0%	2004 HUN (6/9)	2008 HUN (0/1)	2012 ITA (0/2)			25/33			[3]

Source:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2004 (pp. 72–73), 2008 (pp. 68–69), 2012 (pp. 362–363), 2016 (pp. 212–213).

Olympic champions

See also: List of Olympic champions in women's water polo

2004 Summer Olympics

Several members of the Italy women's national water polo team with Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi after winning the Olympic gold in 2004.

• Edition of women's tournament: 2nd
• Host city: Athens, Greece
• Number of participating teams: 8
• Competition format: Round-robin pools advanced teams to classification matches
• Champion:  Italy (1st title; 2nd place in preliminary A group)

Match	Round	Date	Cap color	Opponent	Result	Goals for	Goals against	Goals diff.
Match 1/6	Preliminary round – Group A	16 August 2004	Blue	Australia	Lost	5	6	-1
Match 2/6	Preliminary round – Group A	18 August 2004	Blue	Greece	Won	7	2	5
Match 3/6	Preliminary round – Group A	20 August 2004	White	Kazakhstan	Won	8	6	2
Match 4/6	Quarter-finals	22 August 2004	White	Hungary	Won	8	5	3
Match 5/6	Semi-finals	24 August 2004	Blue	United States	Won	6	5	1
Match 6/6	Gold medal match	26 August 2004	Blue	Greece	Won	10	9	1
Total	Matches played: 6 • Wins: 5 • Ties: 0 • Defeats: 1 • Win %: 83.3%					44	33	11

Source: Official Results Books (PDF): 2004 (pp. 4, 10, 12, 32, 38, 42).

• Head coach: Pierluigi Formiconi (1st title as head coach)
• Assistant coach: Mauro Maugeri

Roster

Cap No.	Player	Pos	L/R	Height	Weight	Date of birth	Age of winning gold	Oly debut	ISHOF member
1	Francesca Conti	GK	R	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	71 kg (157 lb)	21 May 1972	32 years, 97 days	Yes
2	Martina Miceli	FP	R	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	22 October 1973	30 years, 309 days	Yes
3	Carmela Allucci (C)	FP	R	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	60 kg (132 lb)	22 January 1970	34 years, 217 days	Yes
4	Silvia Bosurgi	FP	R	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	61 kg (134 lb)	17 April 1979	25 years, 131 days	Yes
5	Elena Gigli	GK	R	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	70 kg (154 lb)	9 July 1985	19 years, 48 days	Yes
6	Emanuela Zanchi	FP	R	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	17 October 1977	26 years, 314 days	Yes
7	Tania Di Mario	FP	R	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	59 kg (130 lb)	4 May 1979	25 years, 114 days	Yes
8	Cinzia Ragusa	FP	R	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	70 kg (154 lb)	24 May 1977	27 years, 94 days	Yes
9	Giusi Malato	FP	R	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	9 July 1971	33 years, 48 days	Yes
10	Alexandra Araújo	FP	R	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	13 July 1972	32 years, 44 days	Yes
11	Maddalena Musumeci	FP	R	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	26 March 1976	28 years, 153 days	Yes
12	Melania Grego	FP	R	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	19 June 1973	31 years, 68 days	Yes
13	Noémi Tóth	FP	R	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	7 June 1976	28 years, 80 days	Yes
Average				1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	30 October 1975	28 years, 301 days
Coach	Pierluigi Formiconi

Sources:

• Official Results Books (PDF): 2004 (p. 73);
• ISHOF.

Abbreviation

• MP – Matches played
• Min – Minutes
• G – Goals
• Sh – Shots
• AS – Assists
• TF – Turnover fouls
• ST – Steals
• BL – Blocked shots
• SP – Sprints
• 20S – 20 seconds exclusion
• Pen – Penalty
• EX – Exclusion

Statistics

Cap No.	Player	Pos	MP	Minutes played		Goals/Shots			AS	TF	ST	BL	Sprints			Personal fouls
				Min	%	G	Sh	%					Won	SP	%	20S	Pen	EX
1	Francesca Conti	GK	6	172	98.9%					1	2
2	Martina Miceli	FP	6	170	97.7%	9	25	36.0%	2	4	8	4				5	1	1
3	Carmela Allucci (C)	FP	6	83	47.7%	1	8	12.5%	3	1	3	1				3
4	Silvia Bosurgi	FP	6	40	23.0%	2	7	28.6%	1	1						3
5	Elena Gigli	GK	6	2	1.1%
6	Emanuela Zanchi	FP	6	163	93.7%	4	10	40.0%		5	3	3	2	10	20.0%	6
7	Tania Di Mario	FP	6	145	83.3%	14	27	51.9%	5	12			7	16	43.8%	7		1
8	Cinzia Ragusa	FP	6	82	47.1%	2	4	50.0%		3	1	3				6
9	Giusi Malato	FP	6	119	68.4%	3	13	23.1%	1	20	3	1				4
10	Alexandra Araújo	FP	6	55	31.6%	2	5	40.0%		7	1					3
11	Maddalena Musumeci	FP	6	66	37.9%	2	3	66.7%		3	3					8		1
12	Melania Grego	FP	6	83	47.7%	4	14	28.6%	1	1	1					8		1
13	Noémi Tóth	FP	6	39	22.4%	1	5	20.0%		1						3
Total			6	174	100%	44	121	36.4%	13	59	25	12	9	26	34.6%	56	1	4
Against						33	129	25.6%	5	45	42	16	17	26	65.4%	49	3	5

Cap No.	Player	Pos	Saves/Shots
			Saves	Shots	%
1	Francesca Conti	GK	39	72	54.2%
5	Elena Gigli	GK
Total			39	72	54.2%

Source: Official Results Books (PDF): 2004 (p. 72).

Water polo people at the opening and closing ceremonies

Flag bearers

See also: Water polo at the Summer Olympics § Flag bearers

Some sportspeople were chosen to carry the national flag of their country at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games. As of the 2016 Summer Olympics, one female water polo player was given the honour to carry the flag for Italy.

After winning gold in the women's tournament, Carmela Allucci, the captain of the Italian women's water polo team, carried the national flag of Italy at the closing ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics,^[11] becoming the first female water polo player to be given the honour.

Legend

•  2008 O  – Opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics
•  2012 C  – Closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics
•  Flag bearer  – Female flag bearer
• Flag bearer^‡ – Flag bearer who won the tournament with her team

Water polo people who were flag bearers at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games

#	Year	Country	Flag bearer	Birth	Age	Height	Team	Pos	Water polo tournaments					Period (age of first/last)	Medals				Ref
									1	2	3	4	5		G	S	B	T
1	2004 C	Italy	Carmela Allucci‡	1970	34	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	Italy	FP	2004					0 years (34/34)	1	0	0	1	[11]

See also

• Italy men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
• List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics
• Lists of Olympic water polo records and statistics
• Italy at the Olympics