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 The European Athletics Indoor Championships is a biennial indoor track and field competition for European athletes that is organised by the European Athletic Association. It was held for the first time in 1970, replacing the European Indoor Games ...

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 (1 gold, 1 bronze); Pierfrancesco Pavoni (2 silver); Stefano Malinverni and Paolo Dal Molin (1 silver, 1 bronze); Ashraf Saber and Antonio Ullo (1 silver, 1 bronze). Women's multiple medallists are: Sara Simeoni (4 gold); Agnese Possamai (3 gold, 1 silver); Ileana Salvador (3 silver); Rita Bottiglieri (1 silver, 2 bronze); Assunta Legnante and Antonietta Di Martino (1 gold, 1 silver); Annarita Sidoti and Simona La Mantia (1 gold, 1 bronze); Carla Barbarino and Patrizia Spuri (1 silver, 1 bronze).

Medals

Top eight

Incomplete list, to be added first four editions of the European Indoor Games.

Oldest competitors

;Men * Fabrizio Donato, 42 years 171 days triple jump 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships, 2019 ;Women *Carla Barbarino, 34 years 291 days (4 × 400 metres relay in 2002 European Athletics Indoor Championships, 2002) *Chiara Bazzoni, 34 years, 241 days silver medal (4 × 400 metres relay in 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships, 2019)

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