Alberto Cova, the only person to win Olympic, World and European gold medals.

The IAAF Hall of Fame is a hall of fame which was established by the Italian Athletics Federation (Italian: Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera, FIDAL) in 2012. The FIDAL Hall of Fame includes Italian athletes who have excelled in the history of athletics and who meet certain criteria.[1]

Criteria

The minimum criteria for an athlete to qualify for membership in the Hall of Fame are.[1]

  1. Athletes must have won at least one gold medal in the Summer Olympics;
  2. Athletes must have won at least one gold medal in the World Athletics Championships;
  3. Athletes must have won at least one gold medal in the European Athletics Championships;
  4. Athletes must have set at least one world record.

Still-active athletes are not included; gold medals won at the World Athletics Indoor Championships and European Athletics Indoor Championships are also not included. The only athlete included unconditionally is marathon runner Dorando Pietri.

Members

As of 26 August 2018, there are 42 members: 34 men and 8 women.[2]

  Women athletes
  Men athletes
Athlete OG WC EC WR
Alberto Cova •••
Luigi Beccali •••
Adolfo Consolini •••
Pietro Mennea •••
Sara Simeoni •••
Ivano Brugnetti ••
Maurizio Damilano ••
Stefano Baldini ••
Gelindo Bordin ••
Abdon Pamich ••
Francesco Panetta ••
Annarita Sidoti ••
Alessandro Andrei ••
Livio Berruti ••
Ondina Valla ••
Gabriella Dorio •
Ugo Frigerio •
Giuseppe Gibilisco •
Michele Didoni •
Fiona May •
Fabrizio Mori •
Gennaro Di Napoli • (i)
Paolo Camossi • (i)
Salvatore Morale ••
Claudia Testoni ••
Armando Filiput ••
Salvatore Antibo •
Franco Arese •
Andrea Benvenuti •
Pino Dordoni •
Roberto Frinolli •
Maria Guida •
Alessandro Lambruschini •
Stefano Mei •
Venanzio Ortis •
Eddy Ottoz •
Ernesto Ambrosini •
Marcello Fiasconaro •
Giuseppe Gentile •
Carlo Lievore •
Paola Pigni •
Dorando Pietri[3]

Other athletes who match the criteria

These athletes match the criteria, but at the moment they are not included because they are still active.

Athlete OG WC EC WR
Alex Schwazer •
Andrew Howe •
Daniele Meucci •
Fabrizio Donato •
Anna Incerti •
Gianmarco Tamberi •
Libania Grenot •

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Hall of Fame" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  2. ↑ "Hall of Fame" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  3. ↑ Special inclusion.
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