# Gruppi Sportivi Fiamme Gialle

The Gruppi Sportivi Fiamme Gialle is the sport department of the Italian financial police force Guardia di Finanza.
The club's activity is carried out in the following twelve sport disciplines: athletics, swimming, judo, karate, shooting, fencing, diving, canoeing, rowing, sailing, alpine skiing, and speed skating. In athletics, the group is called Gruppo Atletico Fiamme Gialle (G.A. Fiamme Gialle).

## History

The first appearance of the Guardia di Finanza in sporting events date back to 1911. The team participated the gymnastics event organized in Turin, for the 50th anniversary of the Unification of Italy. However, the Scudo Nelli Trophy's first organized team, the Fiamme Gialle (Yellow Flames), was founded in 1921 to compete in a walking race. The trophy was eventually given out following three victories in 1922, 1925, and 1928.
In the following years, the activity was expanded with the establishment of several sports groups, the first of which was the Skiers Group, founded in 1925 at the Alpine School of the Guardia di Finanza in Predazzo (in the province of Trento), a group that became famous as the Yellow Flames of Predazzo.

## Greatest athletes

| Summer sports | Winter sports | Paralympic sports |
| Athletics Ivano Brugnetti (Olympic gold medal) Nicola Vizzoni (Olympic silver medal) Fabrizio Donato (Olympic bronze medal) Giuseppe Gibilisco (Olympic bronze medal) Antonietta Di Martino (WC three medals) Antonella Palmisano (WC bronze medal) Filippo Tortu (Olympic gold medal) Fausto Desalu (Olympic gold medal) Lorenzo Patta (Olympic gold medal) Canoeing Antonio Rossi (Olympic gold medal) Beniamino Bonomi (Olympic gold medal) Diving Tania Cagnotto (two Olympic medals) Rowing Agostino Abbagnale (three Olympic gold medals) Shooting Niccolò Campriani (three Olympic gold medals) Roberto Di Donna (Olympic gold medal) Swimming Domenico Fioravanti (two Olympic gold medals) | Alpine skiing Gustav Thöni (four overall World Cup) Piero Gros (one overall World Cup) Sofia Goggia (Olympic gold medal) Isolde Kostner (three Olympic Games medals) Kristian Ghedina (three WC medals) Cross-country skiing Giorgio Vanzetta (Olympic gold medal) Cristian Zorzi (Olympic gold medal) Biathlon Dorothea Wierer (two overall World Cup & WC three gold medals) | Para-athletics Martina Caironi (two Olympic gold medals) Antonio Fantin (Olympic gold medal) Oxana Corso (two Olympic silver medals) |

## Summer Olympic Games medal table

In total, the athletes of the Fiamme Gialle won 42 medals at the Summer Olympics.
| Edition | Athlete | Event | Medal |
| Athletics (8 medals) ||||
| 2020 Tokyo | Lorenzo Patta Fausto Desalu Filippo Tortu | 4×100 m relay | Gold |
| 2012 London | Fabrizio Donato | Triple jump | Bronze |
| 2008 Beijing | Elisa Rigaudo | 20 km walk | Bronze |
| 2004 Athens | Ivano Brugnetti | 20 km walk | Gold |
| 2004 Athens | Giuseppe Gibilisco | Pole vault | Bronze |
| 2000 Sydney | Nicola Vizzoni | Hammer throw | Silver |
| 1984 Los Angeles | Sandro Bellucci | 50 km walk | Bronze |
| 1948 London | Michele Tito | 4×100 m relay | Bronze |
| Canoeing (8 medals) ||||
| 2008 Beijing | Andrea Facchin Antonio Scaduto | K2 1000 m | Bronze |
| 2004 Athens | Antonio Rossi Beniamino Bonomi | K2 1000 m | Silver |
| 2000 Sydney | Antonio Rossi Beniamino Bonomi | K2 1000 m | Gold |
| 1996 Atlanta | Antonio Rossi | K1 500 m | Gold |
| 1996 Atlanta | Antonio Rossi | K2 1000 m | Gold |
| 1996 Atlanta | Beniamino Bonomi | K1 1000 m | Silver |
| 1996 Atlanta | Beniamino Bonomi | K2 500 m | Silver |
| 1992 Barcelona | Antonio Rossi Bruno Dreossi | K2 500 m | Bronze |
| Rowing (8 medals) ||||
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Domenico Montrone Matteo Lodo Giuseppe Vicino | Coxless four | Bronze |
| 2012 London | Alessio Sartori Romano Battisti | Double sculls | Silver |
| 2008 Beijing | Luca Agamennoni Simone Venier Simone Raineri | Quadruple sculls | Silver |
| 2004 Athens | Alessio Sartori | Double sculls | Bronze |
| 2004 Athens | Luca Agamennoni | Coxless four | Bronze |
| 2004 Athens | Catello Amarante | Coxless four lightweight | Bronze |
| 2000 Sydney | Agostino Abbagnale Alessio Sartori Simone Raineri | Quadruple sculls | Gold |
| 1996 Atlanta | Agostino Abbagnale | Double sculls | Gold |
| Fencing (3 medals) ||||
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Daniele Garozzo | Foil | Gold |
| 2012 London | Valerio Aspromonte Giorgio Avola | Team foil | Gold |
| 2012 London | Luigi Samele | Team sabre | Bronze |
| Judo (5 medals) ||||
| 2008 Beijing | Giulia Quintavalle | 57 kg | Gold |
| 2004 Athens | Lucia Morico | 78 kg | Bronze |
| 2000 Sydney | Girolamo Giovinazzo | 66 kg | Bronze |
| 1996 Atlanta | Girolamo Giovinazzo | 60 kg | Silver |
| 1976 Montreal | Felice Mariani | 66 kg | Bronze |
| Shooting (6 medals) ||||
| 2012 London | Niccolò Campriani | 50 m rifle three positions | Gold |
| 2012 London | Niccolò Campriani | 10 m air rifle | Silver |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Niccolò Campriani | 50 m rifle three positions | Gold |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Niccolò Campriani | 10 m air rifle | Gold |
| 1996 Atlanta | Roberto Di Donna | 10 m air pistol | Gold |
| 1996 Atlanta | Roberto Di Donna | 25 m rapid fire pistol | Bronze |
| Swimming (2 medals) ||||
| 2000 Sydney | Domenico Fioravanti | 100 m breaststroke | Gold |
| 2000 Sydney | Domenico Fioravanti | 200 m breaststroke | Gold |
| Diving (2 medals) ||||
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Tania Cagnotto | Synchronized 3 m springboard | Silver |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Tania Cagnotto | 3 m springboard | Bronze |

## Winter Olympic Games medal table

In total, the athletes of the Fiamme Gialle won 22 (7 gold, 6 silver, and 9 bronze), at the Winter Olympics.
| Edition | Athlete | Event | Medal |
| 1968 Grenoble | Franco Nones | Cross-country skiing - 30 km | Gold |
| 1972 Sapporo | Gustav Thoeni | Alpine skiing - Giant slalom | Gold |
| 1972 Sapporo | Gustav Thoeni | Alpine skiing - Slalom | Silver |
| 1972 Sapporo | Rolando Thoeni | Alpine skiing - Slalom | Bronze |
| 1976 Innsbruck | Piero Gros | Alpine skiing - Slalom | Gold |
| 1976 Innsbruck | Gustav Thoeni | Alpine skiing - Slalom | Silver |
| 1988 Calgary | Gottlieb Taschler | Biathlon – Relay | Bronze |
| 1992 Albertville | Josef Polig | Alpine skiing - Alpine combined | Gold |
| 1992 Albertville | Giorgio Vanzetta | Cross-country skiing - 4×10 km relay | Silver |
| 1992 Albertville | Giuseppe Puliè | Cross-country skiing - 4×10 km relay | Silver |
| 1992 Albertville | Giorgio Vanzetta | Cross-country skiing - 15 km freestyle pursuit | Bronze |
| 1992 Albertville | Giorgio Vanzetta | Cross-country skiing - 50 km freestyle | Bronze |
| 1994 Lillehammer | Giorgio Vanzetta | Cross-country skiing - 4×10 km relay | Gold |
| 2002 Salt Lake City | Isolde Kostner | Alpine skiing- Downhill | Silver |
| 2002 Salt Lake City | Cristian Zorzi | Cross-country skiing – Men's 4×10 km relay | Silver |
| 2002 Salt Lake City | Cristian Zorzi | Cross-country skiing - Sprint | Bronze |
| 2006 Torino | Cristian Zorzi | Cross-country skiing – Men's 4×10 km relay | Gold |
| 2010 Vancouver | Alessandro Pittin | Nordic combined - Normal hill/10 km | Bronze |
| 2014 Sochi | Christof Innerhofer | Alpine skiing- Downhill | Silver |
| 2014 Sochi | Christof Innerhofer | Alpine skiing - Alpine combined | Bronze |
| 2014 Sochi | Dorothea Wierer | Biathlon – Mixed relay | Bronze |
| 2018 Pyeongchang | Sofia Goggia | Alpine skiing - Downhill | Gold |
| 2018 Pyeongchang | Dorothea Wierer | Biathlon – Mixed relay | Bronze |
| 2022 Beijing | Dorothea Wierer | Biathlon - Sprint | Bronze |

## Medal table by sport
### Canoeing

Canoesist of Fiamme Gialle have won a total of eight medals at the Olympic Games.
| Event | | | | Tot. |
| Olympic Games | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| World Championships | 4 | 8 | 3 | 15 |
| Junior World Championships | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Mediterranean Games | 7 | 6 | 6 | 19 |
| European Championships | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| Under 23 European Championships | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Junior European Championships | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Military World Games | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Universiade | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |