# 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. 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.
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.

## The list

First 100 names of the list were inducted on 7 May 2015.
| # | 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 | 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 – 4 October 2024 |
| 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 |||||
| 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 |||||
| 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 |||||
| 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 |||||
| 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 |||||
| 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 |||||
| 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 | 7 |
| Gymnastics | 6 |
| Alpine skiing | 5 |
| Equestrian sports | 5 |
| Tennis | 5 |
| Swimming | 4 |
| Rowing | 4 |
| Volleyball | 4 |
| Canoeing | 4 |
| Basketball | 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 |