Walk of Fame of Italian sport

Walk of Fame of Italian sport (Italian: Walk of Fame dello sport italiano) is the Walk of Fame of the Italian sport, inaugurated by Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) on 7 May 2015.^[1] It is a list of 140 Italian all-time champions, which has been implemented on six occasions (five new entries in 2015, 2016 and 2021, seven in 2018, three in 2019, and fifteen in 2023), from the initial 100 names.

Four Italian legends (clockwise from the top left): Edoardo Mangiarotti (fencing, 6 gold medals at the Summer Olympics; Alberto Tomba (alpine skiing, 3 gold medals at the Winter Olympics and one World Cup won); Ondina Valla (athletics, first Italian female gold medal at the Olympic Games); Fausto Coppi (cycling, two Tour de France and five Giro d'Italia won).

Criteria

One hundred timeless champions, chosen on the basis of the exclusive decisions of the Coni (president Gianni Malagò), Athletes Commission - chaired by Marco Durante.^[1]

Naturally, athletes still in competitive activity are not included in the list.

The path

The Walk of Fame of Italian sport is a road path in Rome with plaques dedicated to former Italian sports athletes who have distinguished themselves internationally. It runs between the Avenue of the Olympics and the Stadio Olimpico in the Olympic Park of the Foro Italico of the capital.^[2]

The list

First 100 names of the list were inducted on 7 May 2015.^[3]

  Still alive.

# Athlete Sport Birthplace Birth (death) date 1 Gian Giorgio Trissino Equestrian sports Vicenza, Italy 22 July 1877 – 22 December 1963 2 Giovanni Raichevich Wrestling Trieste, Italy 10 June 1881 – 1 November 1957 3 Giorgio Zampori Gymnastics Milano, Italy 4 June 1887 – 7 December 1965 4 Paolo Salvi Gymnastics Albenga, Italy 22 November 1891 – 12 January 1945 5 Tazio Nuvolari Auto racing Castel d'Ario, Italy 16 November 1892 – 11 August 1953 6 Costante Girardengo Cycling Novi Ligure, Italy 18 March 1893 – 9 February 1978 7 Nedo Nadi Fencing Livorno, Italy 9 June 1894 – 29 January 1940 8 Ottavio Bottecchia Cycling San Martino, Italy 11 August 1894 – 15 June 1927 9 Carlo Galimberti Weightlifting Santa Fe, Argentina 2 August 1894 – 10 August 1939 10 Ugo Frigerio Athletics Milano, Italy 16 September 1901 – 7 July 1968 11 Alfredo Binda Cycling Cittiglio, Italy 11 August 1902 – 19 July 1986 12 Learco Guerra Cycling San Nicolò Po, Italy 14 October 1902 - 7 February 1963 13 Romeo Neri Gymnastics Rimini, Italy 26 March 1903 – 23 September 1961 14 Giulio Gaudini Fencing Rome, Italy 28 September 1904 – 6 January 1948 15 Primo Carnera Boxing Sequals, Italy 26 October 1906 – 29 June 1967 16 Giuseppe Meazza Football Milano, Italy 23 August 1910 – 21 August 1979 17 Silvio Piola Football Robbio, Italy 29 September 1913 – 4 October 1996 18 Gino Bartali Cycling Ponte a Ema, Italy 18 July 1914 – 5 May 2000 19 Agostino Straulino Sailing Mali Lošinj, Croatia 10 October 1914 – 14 December 2004 20 Ondina Valla Athletics Bologna, Italy 20 May 1916 – 16 October 2006 21 Adolfo Consolini Athletics Costermano sul Garda, Italy 5 January 1917 – 20 December 1969 22 Alberto Ascari Auto racing Milano, Italy 13 July 1918 – 26 May 1955 23 Valentino Mazzola Football Cassano d'Adda, Italy 26 January 1919 – 4 May 1949 24 Edoardo Mangiarotti Fencing Renate, Italy 7 April 1919 – 25 May 2012 25 Fausto Coppi Cycling Castellania Coppi, Italy 15 September 1919 – 2 January 1960 26 Zeno Colò Alpine skiing Abetone, Italy June 30, 1920 – May 12, 1993 27 Fiorenzo Magni Cycling Vaiano, Italy 7 December 1920 – 19 October 2012 28 Giuseppe Delfino Fencing Torino, Italy 22 November 1921 – 10 August 1999 29 Piero D'Inzeo Equestrian sports Rome, Italy 4 March 1923 – 13 February 2014 30 Cesare Rubini[lower-alpha 1] Water polo & Basketball Trieste, Italy 2 November 1923 – 8 February 2011 31 Raimondo D'Inzeo Equestrian sports Poggio Mirteto, Italy 8 February 1925 – 15 November 2013 32 Irene Camber Fencing Trieste, Italy 12 February 1926 – 23 February 2024 33 Pino Dordoni Athletics Piacenza, Italy 28 June 1926 – 24 October 1998 34 Eugenio Monti Bob Toblach, Italy 23 January 1928 – 1 December 2003 35 Enzo Maiorca Freediving Syracuse, Italy 21 June 1931 – 13 November 2016 36 Antonio Maspes Cycling Milano, Italy 14 January 1932 – 19 October 2000 37 Nicola Pietrangeli Tennis Tunis, Tunisia 11 September 1933 38 Abdon Pamich Athletics Rijeka, Croatia 3 October 1933 39 Lea Pericoli Tennis Milano, Italy 22 March 1935 40 Graziano Mancinelli Equestrian sports Milano, Italy 18 February 1937 – 8 October 1992 41 Eraldo Pizzo Water polo Rivarolo Ligure, Italy 21 April 1938 42 Nino Benvenuti Boxing Isola d'lstria, Italy 26 April 1938 43 Livio Berruti Athletics Torino, Italy 19 May 1939 44 Sante Gaiardoni Cycling Villafranca di Verona, Italy 29 June 1939 – 30 November 2023 45 Franco Nones Cross-country skiing Castello-Molina di Fiemme, Italy 1 February 1941 46 Marco Bollesan Rugby Chioggia, Italy 7 July 1941 – 11 April 2021 47 Franco Menichelli Gymnastics Rome, Italy 3 August 1941 48 Bruno Arcari Boxing Atina, Italy 1 January 1942 49 Dino Zoff Football Mariano del Friuli, Italy 28 February 1942 50 Giacomo Agostini Motorcycle sport Brescia, Italy 16 June 1942 51 Felice Gimondi Cycling Sedrina, Italy 29 September 1942 – 16 August 2019 52 Mauro Checcoli Equestrian sports Bologna, Italy 1 March 1943 53 Gianni Rivera Football Alessandria, Italy 18 August 1943 54 Roberto Marson Paralympic sports Pasiano di Pordenone, Italy 29 June 1944 – 7 November 2011 55 Gigi Riva Football Leggiuno, Italy 7 November 1944 – 22 January 2024 56 Luciano Giovannetti Skeet shooting Pistoia, Italy 25 September 1945 57 Renato Molinari Powerboating Nesso, Italy 27 February 1946 – 6 September 2024 58 Klaus Dibiasi Diving Hall in Tirol, Austria 6 October 1947 59 Dino Meneghin Basketball Alano di Piave, Italy 18 January 1950 60 Adriano Panatta Tennis Rome, Italy 9 July 1950 61 Gustavo Thoeni Alpine skiing Trafoi, Italy 28 February 1951 62 Oreste Perri Canoeing Castelverde, Italy 27 July 1951 63 Pietro Mennea Athletics Barletta, Italy 28 June 1952 – 21 March 2013 64 Pierluigi Marzorati Basketball Figino Serenza, Italy 12 September 1952 65 Corrado Barazzutti Tennis Udine, Italy 19 February 1953 66 Sara Simeoni Athletics Rivoli Veronese, Italy 19 April 1953 67 Piero Gros Alpine skiing Sauze d'Oulx, Italy 30 October 1954 68 Novella Calligaris Swimming Padova, Italy 27 December 1954 69 Daniele Masala Modern pentathlon Rome, Italy 12 February 1955 70 Costantino Rocca Golf Bergamo, Italy 4 December 1956 71 Gabriella Dorio Athletics Veggiano, Italy 27 June 1957 72 Peppiniello Di Capua Rowing Salerno, Italy 15 March 1958 73 Alberto Cova Athletics Cremnago, Italy 1 December 1958 74 Ezio Gamba Judo Brescia, Italy 2 December 1958 75 Patrizio Oliva Boxing Napoli, Italy 28 January 1959 76 Gelindo Bordin Athletics Longare, Italy 4 February 1959 77 Giuseppe Abbagnale Rowing Pompei, Italy 24 July 1959 78 Paola Fantato Paralympic sports Verona, Italy 13 September 1959 79 Andrea Benelli Skeet shooting Firenze, Italy 28 June 1960 80 Mauro Numa Fencing Mestre, Italy 18 November 1961 81 Carmine Abbagnale Rowing Pompei, Italy 5 January 1962 82 Manuela Di Centa Cross-country skiing Paluzza, Italy 3 January 1963 83 Francesco Attolico Water polo Bari, Italy 23 March 1963 84 Sandro Campagna Water polo Syracuse, Italy 26 June 1963 85 Luca Pancalli Paralympic sports Rome, Italy 16 April 1964 86 Josefa Idem Canoeing Goch, Germany 23 September 1964 87 Agostino Abbagnale Rowing Pompei, Italy 25 August 1966 88 Alberto Tomba Alpine skiing Bologna, Italy 19 December 1966 89 Roberto Baggio Football Caldogno, Italy 18 February 1967 90 Lorenzo Bernardi Volleyball Trento, Italy 11 August 1968 91 Antonio Rossi Canoeing Lecco, Italy 19 December 1968 92 Stefania Belmondo Cross-country skiing Vinadio, Italy 13 January 1969 93 Giorgio Lamberti Swimming Brescia, Italy 28 January 1969 94 Jury Chechi Gymnastics Prato, Italy 11 October 1969 95 Alessandra Sensini Sailing Grosseto, Italy 26 January 1970 96 Andrea Giani Volleyball Napoli, Italy 22 April 1970 97 Giovanna Trillini Fencing Jesi, Italy 17 May 1970 98 Deborah Compagnoni Alpine skiing Bormio, Italy 4 June 1970 99 Stefano Baldini Athletics Castelnovo di Sotto, Italy 25 May 1971 100 Domenico Fioravanti Swimming Novara, Italy 31 May 1977 December 2015 inductees[4] 101 Maurizio Damilano Athletics Scarnafigi, Italy 6 April 1957 102 Gianni De Magistris Water polo Florence, Italy 3 December 1950 103 Duilio Loi Boxing Trieste, Italy 19 April 1929 – 20 January 2008 104 Francesco Moser Cycling Palù di Giovo, Italy 19 June 1951 105 Enrico Fabris Ice skating Asiago, Italy 5 October 1981 106 Armin Zoeggeler Luge Merano, Italy 4 January 1974 107 Dorando Pietri Athletics Correggio, Italy 16 October 1885 – 7 February 1942 2016 inductees[5] 108 Alberto Braglia Gymnastics Campogalliano, Italy 16 October 1885 – 7 February 1942 109 Sandro Mazzinghi Boxing Pontedera, Italy 3 October 1938 – 22 August 2020 110 Paola Pigni Athletics Milan, Italy 30 December 1945 – 11 June 2021 111 Mario Fiorillo Water polo Naples, Italy 16 December 1962 112 Valentina Vezzali Fencing Jesi, Italy 14 February 1974 2018 inductees[6] 113 Luigi Beccali Athletics Milan, Italy 19 November 1907 – 29 August 1990 114 Ercole Baldini Cycling Villanova di Forlì, Italy 26 January 1933 – 1 December 2022 115 Paolo Maldini Football Milan, Italy 26 June 1968 116 Samuele Papi Volleyball Ancona, Italy 20 May 1973 117 Massimiliano Rosolino Swimming Naples, Italy 11 July 1978 2019 inductees[7] 118 Sara Anzanello Volleyball San Donà di Piave, Italy 30 July 1980 - 25 October 2018 119 Antonella Bellutti Cycling Bolzano, Italy 7 November 1968 120 Roberto Cammarelle Boxing Cinisello Balsamo, Italy 22 March 1980 2021 inductees[8] 121 Paolo Rossi Football Prato, Italy 23 September 1956 – 9 December 2020 122 Alessandro Andrei Athletics Florence, Italy 3 January 1959 123 Vincenzo Maenza Wrestling Imola, Italy 2 May 1962 124 Gabriella Paruzzi Cross-country skiing Udine, Italy 21 June 1969 125 Paolo Bettini Cycling Cecina, Italy 1 April 1974 2023 inductees[9] 126 Flavia Pennetta Tennis Brindisi, Italy 25 February 1982 127 Tania Cagnotto Diving Bolzano, Italy 15 May 1985 128 Niccolò Campriani Skeet shooting Florence, Italy 6 November 1987 129 Fabio Cannavaro Football Naples, Italy 13 September 1973 130 Amedeo Pomilio Water polo Pescara, Italy 11 February 1967 131 Giulia Quintavalle Judo Livorno, Italy 6 March 1983 132 Carlo Molfetta Taekwondo Mesagne, Italy 15 February 1984 133 Marco Galiazzo Archery Padua, Italy 7 May 1983 134 Daniele Molmenti Canoeing Pordenone, Italy 1 August 1984 135 Antonio Tartaglia Bob Casalbordino, Italy 13 January 1968 136 Günther Huber Bob Bruneck, Italy 28 October 1965 137 Marco Albarello Cross-country skiing Aosta, Italy 31 May 1960 138 Maurilio De Zolt Cross-country skiing San Pietro di Cadore, Italy 29 September 1950 139 Silvio Fauner Cross-country skiing San Pietro di Cadore, Italy 1 November 1968 140 Giorgio Vanzetta Cross-country skiing Cavalese, Italy 9 October 1959

Athletes by sport Sport Total Athletics 17 Cycling 14 Football 10 Fencing 8 Cross-country skiing 8 Boxing 7 Water polo[lower-alpha 1] 7 Gymnastics 6 Alpine skiing 5 Equestrian sports 5 Tennis 5 Swimming 4 Rowing 4 Volleyball 4 Canoeing 4 Basketball[lower-alpha 1] 3 Auto racing 3 Paralympic sports 3 Skeet shooting 3 Bob 3 Sailing 2 Wrestling 2 Diving 2 Judo 2 Golf 1 Luge 1 Modern pentathlon 1 Motorcycle sport 1 Powerboating 1 Weightlifting 1 Rugby 1 Ice Skating 1 Freediving 1 Taekwondo 1 Archery 1 141[lower-alpha 1]

See also

• FIDAL Hall of Fame
• Italian Football Hall of Fame

Footnotes

1. Cesare Rubini was a legend of two different sports: basketball and water polo.

References

1. "Inaugurata la Walk of Fame: 100 targhe per celebrare le leggende dello sport italiano" (in Italian). CONI. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
2. Piccioni, Valerio (7 May 2015). "Walk of Fame al Foro Italico: parata di campioni azzurri". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 1 September 2020.
3. "100 leggende CONI" (PDF) (in Italian). CONI. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
4. "Consegnati i Collari d'Oro ai campioni del 2015 e della storia. Il Premier Renzi: con voi vince l'Italia" (in Italian). CONI. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
5. "Braglia, Mazzinghi, Pigni, Fiorillo e Vezzali nella Walk of Fame. Malagò: orgogliosi di questi campioni" (in Italian). CONI. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
6. "Walk of fame: da Maldini a Rosolino. Ecco i 5 nuovi campioni". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 12 March 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
7. "Coni: Anzanello ora è in 'Walk of Fame' - Lazio". Agenzia ANSA (in Italian). 16 July 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
8. "I nuovi componenti della Walk of Fame". Sky TG24 (in Italian). 7 July 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
9. "Coni: anche Cannavaro, Cagnotto e Pennetta nella Walk of Fame". Agenzia ANSA (in Italian). 18 January 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.

External links

• Walk of Fame of Italian sport updated to 9 April 2021 at at CONI.it