Gazzetta Sports Awards

The Gazzetta Sports Awards and the Gazzetta Referendum are surveys conducted annually by the Italian sports newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport to reward the best sportsmen and sportswomen of the calendar year.[1]

Gianmarco Tamberi and Sofia Raffaeli, the 2023 Italian sportsman and sportswoman of the year.

Winners edit

Italian edit

Year Sportman of the Year Sport Sportwoman of the Year Sport Team of the Year Sport Ref.
1978 Paolo Rossi Football Sara Simeoni[a] Athletics (high jump) Italy national football team Football [2][3][4]
1979 Pietro Mennea Athletics (sprinting) Roberta Felotti Swimming Milan Football [3][2][4]
1980 Pietro Mennea Athletics (sprinting) Sara Simeoni Athletics (high jump) Italy national basketball team Basketball [3][2][4]
1981 Marco Lucchinelli Motorcycle racing Sara Simeoni Athletics Carmine Abbagnale, Giuseppe Abbagnale, Giuseppe Di Capua Rowing [3][2][4]
1982 Giuseppe Saronni Cycling Dorina Vaccaroni Fencing Italy national football team[a] Football [3][2][4]
1983 Alberto Cova Athletics Dorina Vaccaroni Fencing Italy national basketball team Basketball [3][2][4]
1984 Francesco Moser Cycling Sara Simeoni Athletics Carmine Abbagnale, Giuseppe Abbagnale, Giuseppe Di Capua Rowing [3][2][4]
1985 Alberto Cova Athletics Maria Canins Cycling Juventus[a] Football [3][2][4]
1986 Reinhold Messner Mountaineering Maria Canins Cycling Italy men's national water polo team Water polo [3][2][4]
1987 Francesco Panetta Athletics Manuela Dalla Valle Swimming Tracer Milano Basketball [3][2][4]
1988 Alberto Tomba Alpine skiing Laura Fogli Athletics Carmine Abbagnale, Giuseppe Abbagnale, Giuseppe Di Capua Rowing [3][2][4]
1989 Giorgio Lamberti Swimming Angela Bandini Freediving Milan[a] Football [3][2][4]
1990 Gianni Bugno Cycling Annarita Sidoti Athletics Italy men's national volleyball team Volleyball [3][2][4]
1991 Gianni Bugno Cycling Giovanna Trillini Fencing Carmine Abbagnale, Giuseppe Abbagnale, Giuseppe Di Capua Rowing [3][2][4]
1992 Alberto Tomba Alpine skiing Giovanna Trillini Fencing Italy men's national water polo team Water polo [3][2][4]
1993 Jury Chechi Gymnastics Stefania Belmondo Cross-country skiing Italy men's national water polo team Water polo [3][2][4]
1994 Alberto Tomba Alpine skiing Manuela Di Centa[a] Cross-country skiing Maurilio De Zolt, Marco Albarello, Giorgio Vanzetta, Silvio Fauner Cross-country skiing [3][2][4]
1995 Alberto Tomba Alpine skiing Fiona May Athletics Italy men's national volleyball team[a] Volleyball [3][2][4]
1996 Jury Chechi Gymnastics Deborah Compagnoni Alpine skiing Juventus Football [3][2][4]
1997 Jury Chechi Gymnastics Deborah Compagnoni Alpine skiing Italy national basketball team Basketball [3][2][4]
1998 Marco Pantani[a] Cycling Deborah Compagnoni Alpine skiing Italy men's national volleyball team Volleyball [3][2][4]
1999 Fabrizio Mori Athletics Stefania Belmondo Cross-country skiing Italy national basketball team Basketball [3][2][4]
2000 Domenico Fioravanti Swimming Valentina Vezzali Fencing Ferrari Formula 1 [3][2][4]
2001 Valentino Rossi Motorcycle racing Valentina Vezzali Fencing Ferrari[a] Formula 1 [3][2][4]
2002 Valentino Rossi Motorcycle racing Stefania Belmondo Cross-country skiing Italy women's national volleyball team Volleyball [3][2][4]
2003 Valentino Rossi Motorcycle racing Valentina Vezzali Fencing Ferrari Formula 1 [3][2][4]
2004 Stefano Baldini Athletics Valentina Vezzali[a] Fencing Ferrari Formula 1 [3][2][4]
2005 Filippo Magnini Swimming Valentina Vezzali Fencing Italy men's national volleyball team Volleyball [3][2][4]
2006 Filippo Magnini Swimming Vanessa Ferrari Gymnastics Italy national football team[a] Football [3][2][4]
2007 Filippo Magnini Swimming Valentina Vezzali Fencing Milan Football [3][2][4]
2008 Valentino Rossi Motorcycle racing Federica Pellegrini Swimming Inter Football [3][2][4]
2009 Valentino Rossi Motorcycle racing Federica Pellegrini[a] Swimming Italy women's national volleyball team Volleyball [3][2][4]
2010 Giuliano Razzoli Alpine skiing Francesca Schiavone Tennis Inter Football [3][2][4]
2011 Armin Zöggeler Luge Federica Pellegrini[a] Swimming Italy men's national water polo team Water polo [3][2][4]
2012 Alex Zanardi Paracycling Elisa Di Francisca Fencing Elisa Di Francisca, Arianna Errigo, Valentina Vezzali, Ilaria Salvatori Fencing [5]
2013 Vincenzo Nibali Cycling Jessica Rossi Shooting Juventus Football [6]
2014 Vincenzo Nibali Cycling Tania Cagnotto Diving Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci Tennis [7]
2015 Gregorio Paltrinieri Swimming Flavia Pennetta Tennis Juventus Football [8]
2016 Gregorio Paltrinieri Swimming Tania Cagnotto Diving Italy men's national volleyball team Volleyball [9]
2017 Gianluigi Buffon Football Sofia Goggia Alpine skiing Juventus Football [10]
2018 Filippo Tortu Sprinting Sofia Goggia Alpine skiing Italy women's national volleyball team Volleyball [11]
2019 Roberto Mancini Football Federica Pellegrini Swimming Italy men's national water polo team Water polo [12]
2020 Ciro Immobile Football Federica Brignone Alpine skiing Atalanta Football [13]
2021 Marcell Jacobs Athletics (sprinting) Antonella Palmisano Athletics (racewalking) Italy national football team Football [14]
2022 Marcell Jacobs Athletics (sprinting) Benedetta Pilato Swimming Milan Football [15]
2023 Gianmarco Tamberi Athletics (high jump) Sofia Raffaeli Rhythmic gymnastics Napoli Football [16]

Worldwide edit

Year Sportman of the Year Sport Sportwoman of the Year Sport Team of the Year Sport Ref.
1978   Henry Rono Athletics (track and field)   Sara Simeoni[a] Athletics (high jump)   Argentina national football team Football [3][17]
1979   Sebastian Coe Athletics (track and field)   Mary T. Meagher Swimming   Soviet Union national football team Football [3][17]
1980   Pietro Mennea[a] Athletics (sprinting)   Tatyana Kazankina Athletics (track and field)   Germany national football team Football [3][17]
1981   Sebastian Coe Athletics (track and field)   Olga Bicherova Artistic gymnastics   Olga Bicherova, Yelena Davydova, Maria Filatova, Elena Polevaya, Stella Zakharova Artistic gymnastics [3][17]
1982   Daley Thompson Athletics (decathlon)   Marita Koch Athletics (sprinting)   Italy national football team[a] Football [3][17]
1983   Carl Lewis Athletics (track and field)   Tamara Bykova Athletics (high jump)   Australia II team Sailing [3][17]
1984   Carl Lewis Athletics (track and field)   Valerie Brisco-Hooks Athletics (track and field)   Stefan Edberg, Anders Järryd, Henrik Sundström, Mats Wilander Tennis [3][17]
1985   Sergey Bubka Athletics (pole vault)   Marita Koch Athletics (sprinting)   Juventus[a] Football [3][17]
1986   Diego Maradona Football   Heike Drechsler Athletics (long jump)   Argentina national football team Football [3][17]
1987   Ben Johnson Athletics (sprinting)   Steffi Graf Tennis   Greece men's national basketball team Basketball [3][17]
1988   Carl Lewis Athletics (track and field)   Kristin Otto Swimming   McLaren-Honda Formula 1 [3][17]
1989   Greg LeMond Cycle sport   Vreni Schneider Alpine skiing   Milan[a] Football [3][17]
1990   Stefan Edberg Tennis   Merlene Ottey Athletics (sprinting)   Germany national football team Football [3][17]
1991   Carl Lewis Athletics (track and field)   Katrin Krabbe Athletics (track and field)   Guy Forget, Henri Leconte Tennis [3][17]
1992   Miguel Induráin Cycle sport   Krisztina Egerszegi Swimming   United States men's national basketball team Basketball [3][17]
1993   Miguel Induráin Cycle sport   Krisztina Egerszegi Swimming   Jon Drummond, Andre Cason, Dennis Mitchell, Leroy Burrell Athletics (sprinting) [3][17]
1994   Leroy Burrell Athletics (sprinting)   Manuela Di Centa[a] Cross-country skiing   Brazil national football team Football [3][17]
1995   Haile Gebrselassie Athletics (long-distance running)   Gwen Torrence Athletics (sprinting)   Italy men's national volleyball team[a] Volleyball [3][17]
1996   Michael Johnson Athletics (sprinting)   Marie-José Pérec Athletics (sprinting)   Arnaud Boetsch, Guy Forget, Cédric Pioline, Guillaume Raoux Tennis [3][17]
1997   Wilson Kipketer Athletics (middle-distance running)   Ana Fidelia Quirot Athletics (track and field)   Williams-Renault Formula 1 [3][17]
1998   Marco Pantani[a] Cycle sport   Marion Jones Athletics (track and field)   France national football team Football [3][17]
1999   Lance Armstrong Cycle sport   Gabriela Szabo Athletics (track and field)   Manchester United Football [3][17]
2000   Pieter van den Hoogenband Swimming   Marion Jones Athletics (track and field)   France national football team Football [3][17]
2001   Michael Schumacher Formula 1   Inge de Bruijn Swimming   Scuderia Ferrari[a] Formula 1 [3][17]
2002   Michael Schumacher Formula 1   Serena Williams Tennis   Brazil national football team Football [3][17]
2003   Michael Phelps Swimming   Paula Radcliffe Athletics (long-distance running)   England national rugby union team Rugby [3][17]
2004   Michael Phelps Swimming   Valentina Vezzali[a] Fencing   Argentina men's national volleyball team Volleyball [3][17]
2005   Roger Federer Tennis   Yelena Isinbayeva Athletics (pole vaulting)   New Zealand national rugby union team Rugby [3][17]
2006   Roger Federer Tennis   Laure Manaudou Swimming   Italy national football team[a] Football [3][17]
2007   Roger Federer Tennis   Justine Henin Tennis   South Africa national rugby union team Rugby [3][17]
2008   Usain Bolt Athletics (sprinting)   Yelena Isinbayeva Athletics (pole vaulting)   Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell Athletics (sprinting) [3][17]
2009   Usain Bolt Athletics (sprinting)   Federica Pellegrini[a] Swimming   Barcelona Football [3][17]
2010   José Mourinho Football   Lindsey Vonn Alpine skiing   Spain national football team Football [3][17]
2011   Lionel Messi Football   Federica Pellegrini[a] Swimming   Barcelona Football [3][17]
2012   Usain Bolt Athletics (sprinting)   Lindsey Vonn Alpine skiing   Spain national football team Football [18]
2013   Usain Bolt Athletics (sprinting)   Serena Williams Tennis   Bayern Munich Football [19]
2014   Vincenzo Nibali[a] Cycle sport   Tina Maze Alpine skiing   Germany national football team Football [7]
2015   Usain Bolt Athletics (sprinting)   Flavia Pennetta[a] Tennis   Barcelona Football [8]
2016   Usain Bolt Athletics (sprinting)   Simone Biles Artistic gymnastics   Leicester City Football [19]
2017   Roger Federer Tennis   Federica Pellegrini[a] Swimming   Real Madrid Football [19]
2018   Lewis Hamilton Formula 1   Mikaela Shiffrin Alpine skiing   France national football team Football [19]
2019   Eliud Kipchoge Athletics (long-distance running)   Mikaela Shiffrin Alpine skiing   Liverpool Football [20]
  United States women's national soccer team
2020   Lewis Hamilton Formula 1   Federica Brignone[a] Alpine skiing   Bayern Munich Football [21]

Other awards edit

Since 2015, other awards have been given.[8]

Coach of the Year
Performance of the Year
Paralympic Athlete of the Year
Exploit of the Year
Revelation of the Year
Most Promising Talent of the Year
Fair Play of the Year
Legend
ESport
  • 2019: Daniele “Jizuke” Di Mauro[12]
SportWeek Award
Special Award
Emotion of the Year
Giro d'Italia Award

Multiwinners edit

Italian edit

Respectively with 6 and 5 successes, Valentina Vezzali and Valentino Rossi are the most victorious athletes.
  Women athletes
Athlete Sport Wins
Valentina Vezzali Fencing 6
Valentino Rossi Motorcycle racing 5
Federica Pellegrini Swimming 4
Sara Simeoni Athletics 4
Alberto Tomba Alpine skiing 4
Stefania Belmondo Cross-country skiing 3
Jury Chechi Gymnastics 3
Deborah Compagnoni Alpine skiing 3
Filippo Magnini Swimming 3
Vincenzo Nibali Cycling 3
Gregorio Paltrinieri Swimming 2
Gianni Bugno Cycling 2
Tania Cagnotto Diving 2
Maria Canins Cycling 2
Alberto Cova Athletics 2
Sofia Goggia Alpine skiing 2
Marcell Jacobs Athletics 2
Pietro Mennea Athletics 2
Giovanna Trillini Fencing 2
Dorina Vaccaroni Fencing 2

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac Winner in both Italian and worldwide categories.

References edit

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