Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
(
ITA) has competed at the
European Indoor Athletics Championships
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since first edition the
1966 European Indoor Games, Italians athletes have won a total of 100 medals.
Summary
Italians have won 21 titles in the men's field and 13 in the women's field.
Men's multiple medallists are:
Eddy Ottoz
Eddy Ottoz (born 3 June 1944) is an Italian former athlete and bronze medalist at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the 110 metre hurdles.
Biography
Sport career
Ottoz competed for Italy in the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics, 1964 Summer Olym ...
(3 gold);
Fabrizio Donato (1 gold, 2 silver);
Giovanni De Benedictis
Giovanni De Benedictis (born 8 January 1968, in Pescara) is a retired Italian race walker, that won 9 medals at individual level, 7 of these at senior level, at the International athletics competitions. He participated at five editions of the Sum ...
(1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze);
Giovanni Evangelisti (1 silver, 2 bronze);
Stefano Tilli
Stefano Tilli (born 22 August 1962) is a former Italian sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 m, twice European indoor champion, three-time semi-finalist at the Olympic Games, and was the world record holder in the 200m indoor.
Biograph ...
(2 gold);
Claudio Licciardello
Claudio Licciardello (born 11 January 1986 in Catania) is a track and field sprinter from Italy, who specializes in the 400 metres. His personal best time is 45.25 seconds, achieved in the heats at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
Biography
At the ...
(1 gold, 1 silver);
Maurizio Damilano
Maurizio Damilano (born 6 April 1957 in Scarnafigi, Italy) is an Italian former race walking, race walker. He won 15 individual medals (22 also with team events), at senior (athletics), senior level, at the International athletics championships a ...
and
Gianmarco Tamberi
Gianmarco Tamberi (born 1 June 1992) is an Italian high jumper, current Olympic champion (2020 Summer Olympics) and World indoor champion (2016).
He won the 2021 Diamond League crown, becoming the first ever Italian to do so, and repeated this ...
(1 gold, 1 silver);
Renato Dionisi
Renato Dionisi (born 21 November 1947) is an Italian former pole vaulter. He was born in Riva del Garda. He set a career best of in Rovereto on 25 June 1972.
Biography
He won five medals at the International athletics competitions. He represent ...
(1 gold, 1 bronze);
Pierfrancesco Pavoni (2 silver);
Stefano Malinverni and
Paolo Dal Molin
Paolo Dal Molin (born 31 July 1987) is an Italian athlete competing in the 110 metres hurdles. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 metres hurdles, 110 m hurdles.
Biography
Born in Yaou ...
(1 silver, 1 bronze);
Ashraf Saber
Ashraf Saber (born 2 April 1973, in Rome) is a former Italian athlete who competed in the 400 metres and 400 metres hurdles, event at which he was world junior champion in 1992.
Biography
He was born to an Egyptian father and an Italian mother ...
and
Antonio Ullo (1 silver, 1 bronze).
Women's multiple medallists are:
Sara Simeoni
Sara Simeoni (born 19 April 1953) is an Italian former high jumper, who won a gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics and twice set a world record in the women's high jump.
Biography
Sara Simeoni was born in Rivoli Veronese, in the province of V ...
(4 gold);
Agnese Possamai
Agnese Possamai (born 17 January 1953 in Lentiai) is a retired middle-distance runner from Italy. Her greatest achievements were the 1985 World Indoor silver medal as well as three European Indoor gold medals.
Biography
She won eleven medals at ...
(3 gold, 1 silver);
Ileana Salvador
Ileana Salvador (born 16 January 1962) is a former Italian race walker who won eight medals at the World Championships and European Championships
In 2005 she acquired Swedish citizenship.
Biography
She won ten medals, to senior level, at the In ...
(3 silver);
Rita Bottiglieri
Rita Bottiglieri (born 29 June 1953 in Torre del Greco, Naples, Italy) is a former sprinter and pentathlete from Italy.
Biography
She won three medals at the European Indoor Championships. Rita Bottiglieri, dubbed by the press "the athlete anyw ...
(1 silver, 2 bronze);
Assunta Legnante
Assunta Legnante (born 14 May 1978 in Naples) is a visually impaired Italian shot putter. She has competed in both the Olympics and the Paralympics, one of the few athletes to do so. , she is the current F11 shot put world record holder. She ...
and
Antonietta Di Martino
Antonietta Di Martino (born 1 June 1978) is a retired Italian high jumper. She currently holds the Italian national women's high jump record at 2.03 metres for outdoor events and 2.04 metres for indoor events. She also currently holds the women' ...
(1 gold, 1 silver);
Annarita Sidoti
Annarita Sidoti (25 July 1969 – 21 May 2015) was an Italian race walker.
Biography
Annarita Sidoti was born in Gioiosa Marea. She won eleven medals at senior level in international competition. She participated at three editions of the Summer ...
and
Simona La Mantia
Simona La Mantia (born 14 April 1983 in Palermo) is an Italian triple jumper. Her best result at international senior level was a gold medal at the 2011 European Indoor Championships.
Biography
La Mantia's parents were both athletes: her mother ...
(1 gold, 1 bronze);
Carla Barbarino
Carla Barbarino ( Lodi, 16 May 1967) is an Italian former sprinter (400 m) and hurdler (400 m hs).
Biography
She won the national championships four times. She has been the coach of Italian hurdler Manuela Gentili since 2004.
National records
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and
Patrizia Spuri
Patrizia Spuri (born 18 February 1973 in Fara in Sabina) is an Italian former sprinter (400 m) and middle distance runner (800 m).
In her career she won 9 times the national championships. She's the wife of the triple jumper Fabrizio Donato.
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(1 silver, 1 bronze).
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Medals
Top eight
Incomplete list, to be added first four editions of the European Indoor Games
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.
Oldest competitors
;Men
* Fabrizio Donato, 42 years 171 days triple jump
The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...
2019
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;Women
*Carla Barbarino
Carla Barbarino ( Lodi, 16 May 1967) is an Italian former sprinter (400 m) and hurdler (400 m hs).
Biography
She won the national championships four times. She has been the coach of Italian hurdler Manuela Gentili since 2004.
National records
...
, 34 years 291 days (4 × 400 metres relay in 2002
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)
* Chiara Bazzoni, 34 years, 241 days silver medal (4 × 400 metres relay in 2019
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)
See also
*Athletics in Italy
Athletics in Italy is the 7th most popular participation sport, practiced by 995,000 people.
Affiliations
The governing body of Athletics in Italy is Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera affiliated to European federation, the European Athleti ...
*Italy national athletics team
The Italy national athletics team represents Italy at the international athletics competitions such as Olympic Games or world athletics championships.
Medal count
When there is updated to 31 January 2022.
Caps
Updated at the 2013 Mediterrane ...
* Italy at the European Athletics Championships
References
External links
European Athletic Association
FIDAL - Federazione Italiana Di Atletica Leggera
{{Nations at the European Athletics Championships
Athletics in Italy
Nations at the European Athletics Indoor Championships