Gazzetta Sports Awards

The Gazzetta Sports Awards and the Gazzetta Referendum are surveys conducted annually by the Italian sports newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport to reward the best sportsmen and sportswomen of the calendar year.[1]

Ciro Immobile and Federica Brignone, the 2020 Italian sportsman and sportswoman of the year.

Winners

Italian
YearSportman of the YearSportSportwoman of the YearSportTeam of the YearSport Ref.
1978 Paolo RossiFootball Sara Simeoni[lower-alpha 1]Athletics (high jump) Italy national football teamFootball [2][3][4]
1979 Pietro MenneaAthletics (sprinting) Roberta FelottiSwimming MilanFootball [3][2][4]
1980 Pietro MenneaAthletics (sprinting) Sara SimeoniAthletics (high jump) Italy national basketball teamBasketball [3][2][4]
1981 Marco LucchinelliMotorsport Sara SimeoniAthletics Carmine Abbagnale, Giuseppe Abbagnale, Giuseppe Di CapuaRowing [3][2][4]
1982 Giuseppe SaronniCycling Dorina VaccaroniFencing Italy national football team[lower-alpha 1]Football [3][2][4]
1983 Alberto CovaAthletics Dorina VaccaroniFencing Italy national basketball teamBasketball [3][2][4]
1984 Francesco MoserCycling Sara SimeoniAthletics Carmine Abbagnale, Giuseppe Abbagnale, Giuseppe Di CapuaRowing [3][2][4]
1985 Alberto CovaAthletics Maria CaninsCycling Juventus[lower-alpha 1]Football [3][2][4]
1986 Reinhold MessnerMountaineering Maria CaninsCycling Italy men's national water polo teamWater polo [3][2][4]
1987 Francesco PanettaAthletics Manuela Dalla ValleSwimming Tracer MilanoBasketball [3][2][4]
1988 Alberto TombaAlpine skiing Laura FogliAthletics Carmine Abbagnale, Giuseppe Abbagnale, Giuseppe Di CapuaRowing [3][2][4]
1989 Giorgio LambertiSwimming Angela BandiniFreediving Milan[lower-alpha 1]Football [3][2][4]
1990 Gianni BugnoCycling Annarita SidotiAthletics Italy men's national volleyball teamVolleyball [3][2][4]
1991 Gianni BugnoCycling Giovanna TrilliniFencing Carmine Abbagnale, Giuseppe Abbagnale, Giuseppe Di CapuaRowing [3][2][4]
1992 Alberto TombaAlpine skiing Giovanna TrilliniFencing Italy men's national water polo teamWater polo [3][2][4]
1993 Jury ChechiGymnastics Stefania BelmondoCross-country skiing Italy men's national water polo teamWater polo [3][2][4]
1994 Alberto TombaAlpine skiing Manuela Di Centa[lower-alpha 1]Cross-country skiing Maurilio De Zolt, Marco Albarello, Giorgio Vanzetta, Silvio FaunerCross-country skiing [3][2][4]
1995 Alberto TombaAlpine skiing Fiona MayAthletics Italy men's national volleyball team[lower-alpha 1]Volleyball [3][2][4]
1996 Jury ChechiGymnastics Deborah CompagnoniAlpine skiing JuventusFootball [3][2][4]
1997 Jury ChechiGymnastics Deborah CompagnoniAlpine skiing Italy national basketball teamBasketball [3][2][4]
1998 Marco Pantani[lower-alpha 1]Cycling Deborah CompagnoniAlpine skiing Italy men's national volleyball teamVolleyball [3][2][4]
1999 Fabrizio MoriAthletics Stefania BelmondoCross-country skiing Italy national basketball teamBasketball [3][2][4]
2000 Domenico FioravantiSwimming Valentina VezzaliFencing FerrariFormula 1 [3][2][4]
2001 Valentino RossiMotorsport Valentina VezzaliFencing Ferrari[lower-alpha 1]Formula 1 [3][2][4]
2002 Valentino RossiMotorsport Stefania BelmondoCross-country skiing Italy women's national volleyball teamVolleyball [3][2][4]
2003 Valentino RossiMotorsport Valentina VezzaliFencing FerrariFormula 1 [3][2][4]
2004 Stefano BaldiniAthletics Valentina Vezzali[lower-alpha 1]Fencing FerrariFormula 1 [3][2][4]
2005 Filippo MagniniSwimming Valentina VezzaliFencing Italy men's national volleyball teamVolleyball [3][2][4]
2006 Filippo MagniniSwimming Vanessa FerrariGymnastics Italy national football team[lower-alpha 1]Football [3][2][4]
2007 Filippo MagniniSwimming Valentina VezzaliFencing MilanFootball [3][2][4]
2008 Valentino RossiMotorsport Federica PellegriniSwimming InterFootball [3][2][4]
2009 Valentino RossiMotorsport Federica Pellegrini[lower-alpha 1]Swimming Italy women's national volleyball teamVolleyball [3][2][4]
2010 Giuliano RazzoliAlpine skiing Francesca SchiavoneTennis InterFootball [3][2][4]
2011 Armin ZöggelerLuge Federica Pellegrini[lower-alpha 1]Swimming Italy men's national water polo teamWater polo [3][2][4]
2012 Alex ZanardiParacycling Elisa Di FranciscaFencing Elisa Di Francisca, Arianna Errigo, Valentina Vezzali, Ilaria SalvatoriFencing [5]
2013 Vincenzo NibaliCycling Jessica RossiShooting JuventusFootball [6]
2014 Vincenzo NibaliCycling Tania CagnottoDiving Sara Errani and Roberta VinciTennis [7]
2015 Gregorio PaltrinieriSwimming Flavia PennettaTennis JuventusFootball [8]
2016 Gregorio PaltrinieriSwimming Tania CagnottoDiving Italy men's national volleyball teamVolleyball [9]
2017 Gianluigi BuffonFootball Sofia GoggiaAlpine skiing JuventusFootball [10]
2018 Filippo TortuSprinting Sofia GoggiaAlpine skiing Italy women's national volleyball teamVolleyball [11]
2019 Roberto ManciniFootball Federica PellegriniSwimming Italy men's national water polo teamWater polo [12]
2020 Ciro ImmobileFootball Federica BrignoneAlpine skiing AtalantaFootball [13]
2021 Marcell JacobsAthletics (sprinting) Antonella PalmisanoAthletics (racewalking) Italy national football teamFootball [14]

Worldwide
YearSportman of the YearSportSportwoman of the YearSportTeam of the YearSport Ref.
1978 Henry RonoAthletics (track and field) Sara Simeoni[lower-alpha 1]Athletics (high jump) Argentina national football teamFootball [3][15]
1979 Sebastian Coe Athletics (track and field) Mary T. Meagher Swimming Soviet Union national football team Football [3][15]
1980 Pietro Mennea[lower-alpha 1] Athletics (sprinting) Tatyana Kazankina Athletics (track and field) Germany national football team Football [3][15]
1981 Sebastian Coe Athletics (track and field) Olga Bicherova Artistic gymnastics Olga Bicherova, Yelena Davydova, Maria Filatova, Elena Polevaya, Stella Zakharova Artistic gymnastics [3][15]
1982 Daley Thompson Athletics (decathlon) Marita Koch Athletics (sprinting) Italy national football team[lower-alpha 1] Football [3][15]
1983 Carl Lewis Athletics (track and field) Tamara Bykova Athletics (high jump) Australia II team Sailing [3][15]
1984 Carl Lewis Athletics (track and field) Valerie Brisco-Hooks Athletics (track and field) Stefan Edberg, Anders Järryd, Henrik Sundström, Mats Wilander Tennis [3][15]
1985 Sergey Bubka Athletics (pole vault) Marita Koch Athletics (sprinting) Juventus[lower-alpha 1] Football [3][15]
1986 Diego Maradona Football Heike Drechsler Athletics (long jump) Argentina national football team Football [3][15]
1987 Ben Johnson Athletics (sprinting) Steffi Graf Tennis Greece men's national basketball team Basketball [3][15]
1988 Carl Lewis Athletics (track and field) Kristin Otto Swimming McLaren-Honda Formula 1 [3][15]
1989 Greg LeMond Cycle sport Vreni Schneider Alpine skiing Milan[lower-alpha 1] Football [3][15]
1990 Stefan Edberg Tennis Merlene Ottey Athletics (sprinting) Germany national football team Football [3][15]
1991 Carl Lewis Athletics (track and field) Katrin Krabbe Athletics (track and field) Guy Forget, Henri Leconte Tennis [3][15]
1992 Miguel Induráin Cycle sport Krisztina Egerszegi Swimming United States men's national basketball team Basketball [3][15]
1993 Miguel Induráin Cycle sport Krisztina Egerszegi Swimming Jon Drummond, Andre Cason, Dennis Mitchell, Leroy Burrell Athletics (sprinting) [3][15]
1994 Leroy Burrell Athletics (sprinting) Manuela Di Centa[lower-alpha 1] Cross-country skiing Brazil national football team Football [3][15]
1995 Haile Gebrselassie Athletics (long-distance running) Gwen Torrence Athletics (sprinting) Italy men's national volleyball team[lower-alpha 1] Volleyball [3][15]
1996 Michael Johnson Athletics (sprinting) Marie-José Pérec Athletics (sprinting) Arnaud Boetsch, Guy Forget, Cédric Pioline, Guillaume Raoux Tennis [3][15]
1997 Wilson Kipketer Athletics (middle-distance running) Ana Fidelia Quirot Athletics (track and field) Williams-Renault Formula 1 [3][15]
1998 Marco Pantani[lower-alpha 1] Cycle sport Marion Jones Athletics (track and field) France national football team Football [3][15]
1999 Lance Armstrong Cycle sport Gabriela Szabo Athletics (track and field) Manchester United Football [3][15]
2000 Pieter van den Hoogenband Swimming Marion Jones Athletics (track and field) France national football team Football [3][15]
2001 Michael Schumacher Formula 1 Inge de Bruijn Swimming Scuderia Ferrari[lower-alpha 1] Formula 1 [3][15]
2002 Michael Schumacher Formula 1 Serena Williams Tennis Brazil national football team Football [3][15]
2003 Michael Phelps Swimming Paula Radcliffe Athletics (long-distance running) England national rugby union team Rugby [3][15]
2004 Michael Phelps Swimming Valentina Vezzali[lower-alpha 1] Fencing Argentina men's national volleyball teamVolleyball [3][15]
2005 Roger Federer Tennis Yelena Isinbayeva Athletics (pole vaulting) New Zealand national rugby union team Rugby [3][15]
2006 Roger Federer Tennis Laure Manaudou Swimming Italy national football team[lower-alpha 1] Football [3][15]
2007 Roger Federer Tennis Justine Henin Tennis South Africa national rugby union team Rugby [3][15]
2008 Usain Bolt Athletics (sprinting) Yelena Isinbayeva Athletics (pole vaulting) Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell Athletics (sprinting) [3][15]
2009 Usain Bolt Athletics (sprinting) Federica Pellegrini[lower-alpha 1] Swimming Barcelona Football [3][15]
2010 José Mourinho Football Lindsey Vonn Alpine skiing Spain national football team Football [3][15]
2011 Lionel Messi Football Federica Pellegrini[lower-alpha 1] Swimming Barcelona Football [3][15]
2012 Usain Bolt Athletics (sprinting) Lindsey Vonn Alpine skiing Spain national football team Football [16]
2013 Usain Bolt Athletics (sprinting) Serena Williams Tennis Bayern Munich Football [17]
2014 Vincenzo Nibali[lower-alpha 1] Cycle sport Tina Maze Alpine skiing Germany national football team Football [7]
2015 Usain Bolt Athletics (sprinting) Flavia Pennetta[lower-alpha 1] Tennis Barcelona Football [8]
2016 Usain Bolt Athletics (sprinting) Simone Biles Artistic gymnastics Leicester City Football [17]
2017 Roger Federer Tennis Federica Pellegrini[lower-alpha 1] Swimming Real Madrid Football [17]
2018 Lewis Hamilton Formula 1 Mikaela Shiffrin Alpine skiing France national football team Football [17]
2019 Eliud Kipchoge Athletics (long-distance running) Mikaela Shiffrin Alpine skiing Liverpool Football [18]
United States women's national soccer team
2020 Lewis Hamilton Formula 1 Federica Brignone[lower-alpha 1] Alpine skiing Bayern Munich Football [19]

Other awards

Since 2015, other awards have been given.[8]

Coach of the Year
Performance of the Year
Paralympic Athlete of the Year
Exploit of the Year
Revelation of the Year
Most Promising Talent of the Year
Fair Play of the Year
Legend
ESport
  • 2019: Daniele “Jizuke” Di Mauro[12]
SportWeek Award
Special Award
Emotion of the Year
Giro d'Italia Award

Multiwinners

Italian
Respectively with 6 and 5 successes, Valentina Vezzali and Valentino Rossi are the most victorious athletes.
  Women athletes
AthleteSportWins
Valentina VezzaliFencing6
Valentino RossiMotorcycle racing5
Federica PellegriniSwimming4
Sara SimeoniAthletics4
Alberto TombaAlpine skiing4
Stefania BelmondoCross-country skiing3
Jury ChechiGymnastics3
Deborah CompagnoniAlpine skiing3
Filippo MagniniSwimming3
Gianni BugnoCycling2
Tania CagnottoDiving2
Alberto CovaAthletics2
Sofia GoggiaAlpine skiing2
Pietro MenneaAthletics2
Vincenzo NibaliCycling2
Gregorio PaltrinieriSwimming2
Giovanna TrilliniFencing2
Dorina VaccaroniFencing2
Beatrice VioWheelchair fencing2
Maria CaninsCycling2

See also

Notes
  1. Winner in both Italian and worldwide categories.

References
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  2. Carrella, Franco (31 December 2011). "Settebello, pallanuoto dai riflessi d'oro". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). p. 5. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
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