Fiamme Gialle

Gruppi Sportivi Fiamme Gialle
Sport12 disciplines
JurisdictionItaly
AbbreviationG.S. Fiamme Gialle
Founded1881 (1881)
AffiliationCONI
HeadquartersOstia (Rome)
Official website
www.fiammegialle.org

The Gruppi Sportivi Fiamme Gialle is the sport section of the Italian police force, Guardia di Finanza.

The club's activity is carried out in the following twelve sports disciplines: athletics, swimming, judo, karate, shooting, fencing, diving, canoeing, rowing, sailing, alpine skiing, and speed skating. In the sport of athletics the group is called Gruppo Atletico Fiamme Gialle (G.A. Fiamme Gialle).[1]

History

A team of the 4x100 metres relay

The first appearance of the Guardia di Finanza in the context of sports competitions dates back to 1911, with the participation of a team in the gymnastics competitions 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.[2]

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

The swimmer Domenico Fioravanti, two gold medals at Sydney 2000.
Martina Caironi, two gold medals at Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
Summer sports Winter sports Paralympic sports
Athletics
Canoeing
Diving
Rowing
Shooting
Swimming
Alpine skiing
Cross-country skiing
Biathlon
Para-athletics

Summer Olympic Games medal table

Tania Cagnotto, two medals in diving at Rio de Janeiro 2016.
Fabrizio Donato, the last Fiamme Gialle athletics Olympic medal in London 2012.

In total, the athletes of the Fiamme Gialle won 42 medals at the Summer Olympics.

  Women medalist
Edition Athlete Event Medal
Athletics (8 medals)[3]
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
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)[4]
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
Antonio Rossi K2 1000 m  Gold
Beniamino Bonomi K1 1000 m  Silver
Beniamino Bonomi K2 500 m  Silver
1992 Barcelona Antonio Rossi
Bruno Dreossi
K2 500 m  Bronze
Rowing (8 medals)[5][6]
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
Luca Agamennoni Coxless four  Bronze
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)[7][6]
2016 Rio de Janeiro Daniele Garozzo Foil  Gold
2012 London Valerio Aspromonte
Giorgio Avola
Team foil  Gold
Luigi Samele Team sabre  Bronze
Judo (5 medals)[8]
2008 Beijing Giulia Quintavalle 57 kg  Gold
2004 Athens Lucia Morico 78 kg  Bronze
2000 Sydney Girolamo Giovinazzo 66 kg  Bronze
1996 Atlanta 60 kg  Silver
1976 Montreal Felice Mariani 66 kg  Bronze
Shooting (6 medals)[9][6]
2012 London Niccolò Campriani 50 m rifle three positions  Gold
10 m air rifle  Silver
2016 Rio de Janeiro 50 m rifle three positions  Gold
10 m air rifle  Gold
1996 Atlanta Roberto Di Donna 10 m air pistol  Gold
25 m rapid fire pistol  Bronze
Swimming (2 medals)[10]
2000 Sydney Domenico Fioravanti 100 m breaststroke  Gold
200 m breaststroke  Gold
Diving (2 medals)[6]
2016 Rio de Janeiro Tania Cagnotto Synchronized 3 m springboard  Silver
3 m springboard  Bronze

Winter Olympic Games medal table

Franco Nones, the first historical gold medal of Fiamme Gialle in cross-country skiing at Grenoble 1968.
Dorothea Wierer, two medals in biathlon at Pyeongchang 2018.

In total, the athletes of the Fiamme Gialle won 22 (7 gold, 6 silver and 9 bronze), at the Winter Olympics.[11]

  Women medalist
Edition Athlete Event Medal
1968 Grenoble Franco Nones Cross-country skiing - 30 km  Gold
1972 Sapporo Gustav Thoeni Alpine skiing - Giant slalom  Gold
Gustav Thoeni Alpine skiing - Slalom  Silver
Rolando Thoeni Alpine skiing - Slalom  Bronze
1976 Innsbruck Piero Gros Alpine skiing - Slalom  Gold
Gustav Thoeni Alpine skiing - Slalom  Silver
1988 Calgary Gottlieb Taschler Biathlon – Relay  Bronze
1992 Albertville Josef Polig Alpine skiing - Alpine combined  Gold
Giorgio Vanzetta Cross-country skiing - 4×10 km relay  Silver
Giuseppe Puliè Cross-country skiing - 4×10 km relay  Silver
Giorgio Vanzetta Cross-country skiing - 15 km freestyle pursuit  Bronze
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
Cristian Zorzi Cross-country skiing – Men's 4×10 km relay  Silver
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
Christof Innerhofer Alpine skiing - Alpine combined  Bronze
Dorothea Wierer Biathlon – Mixed relay  Bronze
2018 Pyeongchang Sofia Goggia Alpine skiing - Downhill  Gold
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.[12]

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "G.A. Fiamme Gialle" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Fiamme Gialle - Cronistoria" (in Italian). fiammegialle.org. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Atletica statistiche Olimpiadi" (in Italian). fiammegialle.org. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Canoa statistiche Olimpiadi" (in Italian). fiammegialle.org. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Canottaggio statistiche Olimpiadi" (in Italian). fiammegialle.org. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  6. ^ a b c d "Que bom, Rio! - Fiamme Gialle" (in Italian). fiammegialle.org. 1 September 2016. p. 38. Retrieved 17 May 2020. Premiati gli Olimpici: Campriani, Garozzo, Cagnotto, Lodo, Vicino e Montrone
  7. ^ "Scherma statistiche Olimpiadi" (in Italian). fiammegialle.org. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Judo statistiche Olimpiadi" (in Italian). fiammegialle.org. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Tiro statistiche Olimpiadi" (in Italian). fiammegialle.org. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Nuoto statistiche Olimpiadi" (in Italian). fiammegialle.org. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  11. ^ "Sport invernali statistiche Olimpiadi" (in Italian). fiammegialle.org. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  12. ^ "Canoeing Palmarès" (in Italian). fiammegialle.org. Retrieved 16 May 2020.

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