Walk of Fame of Italian sport explained

Walk of Fame of Italian sport (it|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.

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] | width="80%" align="left" valign="top" |

	Athlete	Sport	Birthplace	Birth (death) date
1			Vicenza, Italy	22 July 1877 – 22 December 1963
2			Trieste, Italy	10 June 1881 – 1 November 1957
3			Milano, Italy	4 June 1887 – 7 December 1965
4			Albenga, Italy	22 November 1891 – 12 January 1945
5			Castel d'Ario, Italy	16 November 1892 – 11 August 1953
6			Novi Ligure, Italy	18 March 1893 – 9 February 1978
7			Livorno, Italy	9 June 1894 – 29 January 1940
8			San Martino, Italy	11 August 1894 – 15 June 1927
9				2 August 1894 – 10 August 1939
10			Milano, Italy	16 September 1901 – 7 July 1968
11			Cittiglio, Italy	11 August 1902 – 19 July 1986
12			San Nicolò Po, Italy	14 October 1902 - 7 February 1963
13			Rimini, Italy	26 March 1903 – 23 September 1961
14			Rome, Italy	28 September 1904 – 6 January 1948
15			Sequals, Italy	26 October 1906 – 29 June 1967
16			Milano, Italy	23 August 1910 – 21 August 1979
17			Robbio, Italy	29 September 1913 – 4 October 1996
18			Ponte a Ema, Italy	18 July 1914 – 5 May 2000
19			Mali Lošinj, Croatia	10 October 1914 – 14 December 2004
20			Bologna, Italy	20 May 1916 – 16 October 2006
21			Costermano sul Garda, Italy	5 January 1917 – 20 December 1969
22			Milano, Italy	13 July 1918 – 26 May 1955
23			Cassano d'Adda, Italy	26 January 1919 – 4 May 1949
24			Renate, Italy	7 April 1919 – 25 May 2012
25			Castellania Coppi, Italy	15 September 1919 – 2 January 1960
26			Abetone, Italy	June 30, 1920 – May 12, 1993
27			Vaiano, Italy	7 December 1920 – 19 October 2012
28			Torino, Italy	22 November 1921 – 10 August 1999
29			Rome, Italy	4 March 1923 – 13 February 2014
30			Trieste, Italy	2 November 1923 – 8 February 2011
31			Poggio Mirteto, Italy	8 February 1925 – 15 November 2013
32			Trieste, Italy	12 February 1926 – 23 February 2024
33			Piacenza, Italy	28 June 1926 – 24 October 1998
34			Toblach, Italy	23 January 1928 – 1 December 2003
35			Syracuse, Italy	21 June 1931 – 13 November 2016
36			Milano, Italy	14 January 1932 – 19 October 2000
37			Tunis, Tunisia	11 September 1933
38			Rijeka, Croatia	3 October 1933
39			Milano, Italy	22 March 1935 – 4 October 2024
40			Milano, Italy	18 February 1937 – 8 October 1992
41			Rivarolo Ligure, Italy	21 April 1938
42			Isola d'lstria, Italy	26 April 1938
43			Torino, Italy	19 May 1939
44			Villafranca di Verona, Italy	29 June 1939 – 30 November 2023
45			Castello-Molina di Fiemme, Italy	1 February 1941
46			Chioggia, Italy	7 July 1941 – 11 April 2021
47			Rome, Italy	3 August 1941
48			Atina, Italy	1 January 1942
49			Mariano del Friuli, Italy	28 February 1942
50			Brescia, Italy	16 June 1942
51			Sedrina, Italy	29 September 1942 – 16 August 2019
52			Bologna, Italy	1 March 1943
53			Alessandria, Italy	18 August 1943
54			Pasiano di Pordenone, Italy	29 June 1944 – 7 November 2011
55			Leggiuno, Italy	7 November 1944 – 22 January 2024
56			Pistoia, Italy	25 September 1945
57			Nesso, Italy	27 February 1946 – 6 September 2024
58			Hall in Tirol, Austria	6 October 1947
59			Alano di Piave, Italy	18 January 1950
60			Rome, Italy	9 July 1950
61			Trafoi, Italy	28 February 1951
62			Castelverde, Italy	27 July 1951
63			Barletta, Italy	28 June 1952 – 21 March 2013
64			Figino Serenza, Italy	12 September 1952
65			Udine, Italy	19 February 1953
66			Rivoli Veronese, Italy	19 April 1953
67			Sauze d'Oulx, Italy	30 October 1954
68			Padova, Italy	27 December 1954
69			Rome, Italy	12 February 1955
70			Bergamo, Italy	4 December 1956
71			Veggiano, Italy	27 June 1957
72			Salerno, Italy	15 March 1958
73			Cremnago, Italy	1 December 1958
74			Brescia, Italy	2 December 1958
75			Napoli, Italy	28 January 1959
76			Longare, Italy	4 February 1959
77			Pompei, Italy	24 July 1959
78			Verona, Italy	13 September 1959
79			Firenze, Italy	28 June 1960
80			Mestre, Italy	18 November 1961
81			Pompei, Italy	5 January 1962
82			Paluzza, Italy	3 January 1963
83			Bari, Italy	23 March 1963
84			Syracuse, Italy	26 June 1963
85			Rome, Italy	16 April 1964
86			Goch, Germany	23 September 1964
87			Pompei, Italy	25 August 1966
88			Bologna, Italy	19 December 1966
89			Caldogno, Italy	18 February 1967
90			Trento, Italy	11 August 1968
91			Lecco, Italy	19 December 1968
92			Vinadio, Italy	13 January 1969
93			Brescia, Italy	28 January 1969
94			Prato, Italy	11 October 1969
95			Grosseto, Italy	26 January 1970
96			Napoli, Italy	22 April 1970
97			Jesi, Italy	17 May 1970
98			Bormio, Italy	4 June 1970
99			Castelnovo di Sotto, Italy	25 May 1971
100			Novara, Italy	31 May 1977
December 2015 inductees^[4]
101			Scarnafigi, Italy	6 April 1957
102			Florence, Italy	3 December 1950
103			Trieste, Italy	19 April 1929 – 20 January 2008
104			Palù di Giovo, Italy	19 June 1951
105			Asiago, Italy	5 October 1981
106			Merano, Italy	4 January 1974
107			Correggio, Italy	16 October 1885 – 7 February 1942
2016 inductees^[5]
108			Campogalliano, Italy	16 October 1885 – 7 February 1942
109			Pontedera, Italy	3 October 1938 – 22 August 2020
110			Milan, Italy	30 December 1945 – 11 June 2021
111			Naples, Italy	16 December 1962
112			Jesi, Italy	14 February 1974
2018 inductees^[6]
113			Milan, Italy	19 November 1907 – 29 August 1990
114			Villanova di Forlì, Italy	26 January 1933 – 1 December 2022
115			Milan, Italy	26 June 1968
116			Ancona, Italy	20 May 1973
117			Naples, Italy	11 July 1978
2019 inductees^[7]
118			San Donà di Piave, Italy	30 July 1980 - 25 October 2018
119			Bolzano, Italy	7 November 1968
120			Cinisello Balsamo, Italy	22 March 1980
2021 inductees^[8]
121			Prato, Italy	23 September 1956 – 9 December 2020
122			Florence, Italy	3 January 1959
123			Imola, Italy	2 May 1962
124			Udine, Italy	21 June 1969
125			Cecina, Italy	1 April 1974
2023 inductees^[9]
126			Brindisi, Italy	25 February 1982
127			Bolzano, Italy	15 May 1985
128			Florence, Italy	6 November 1987
129			Naples, Italy	13 September 1973
130			Pescara, Italy	11 February 1967
131			Livorno, Italy	6 March 1983
132			Mesagne, Italy	15 February 1984
133			Padua, Italy	7 May 1983
134			Pordenone, Italy	1 August 1984
135			Casalbordino, Italy	13 January 1968
136			Bruneck, Italy	28 October 1965
137			Aosta, Italy	31 May 1960
138			San Pietro di Cadore, Italy	29 September 1950
139			San Pietro di Cadore, Italy	1 November 1968
140			Cavalese, Italy	9 October 1959

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Athletes by sport
Sport	Total
	17
	14
	10
	8
	8
	7
	7
	6
	5
	5
	5
	4
	4
	4
	4
	3
	3
	3
	3
	3
	2
	2
	2
	2
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	141

See also

• FIDAL Hall of Fame
• Italian Football Hall of Fame

Notes and References

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