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 LucchinelliMotorcycle racing 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 RossiMotorcycle racing Valentina VezzaliFencing Ferrari[lower-alpha 1]Formula 1 [3][2][4]
2002 Valentino RossiMotorcycle racing Stefania BelmondoCross-country skiing Italy women's national volleyball teamVolleyball [3][2][4]
2003 Valentino RossiMotorcycle racing 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 RossiMotorcycle racing Federica PellegriniSwimming InterFootball [3][2][4]
2009 Valentino RossiMotorcycle racing 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]
2022 Marcell JacobsAthletics (sprinting) Benedetta PilatoSwimming MilanFootball [15]

Worldwide
YearSportman of the YearSportSportwoman of the YearSportTeam of the YearSport Ref.
1978 Kenya Henry RonoAthletics (track and field) Italy Sara Simeoni[lower-alpha 1]Athletics (high jump) Argentina Argentina national football teamFootball [3][16]
1979 United Kingdom Sebastian Coe Athletics (track and field) United States Mary T. Meagher Swimming Soviet Union Soviet Union national football team Football [3][16]
1980 Italy Pietro Mennea[lower-alpha 1] Athletics (sprinting) Soviet Union Tatyana Kazankina Athletics (track and field) Germany Germany national football team Football [3][16]
1981 United Kingdom Sebastian Coe Athletics (track and field) Soviet Union Olga Bicherova Artistic gymnastics Soviet Union Olga Bicherova, Yelena Davydova, Maria Filatova, Elena Polevaya, Stella Zakharova Artistic gymnastics [3][16]
1982 United Kingdom Daley Thompson Athletics (decathlon) East Germany Marita Koch Athletics (sprinting) Italy Italy national football team[lower-alpha 1] Football [3][16]
1983 United States Carl Lewis Athletics (track and field) Soviet Union Tamara Bykova Athletics (high jump) Australia Australia II team Sailing [3][16]
1984 United States Carl Lewis Athletics (track and field) United States Valerie Brisco-Hooks Athletics (track and field) Sweden Stefan Edberg, Anders Järryd, Henrik Sundström, Mats Wilander Tennis [3][16]
1985 Soviet Union Sergey Bubka Athletics (pole vault) East Germany Marita Koch Athletics (sprinting) Italy Juventus[lower-alpha 1] Football [3][16]
1986 Argentina Diego Maradona Football East Germany Heike Drechsler Athletics (long jump) Argentina Argentina national football team Football [3][16]
1987 Canada Ben Johnson Athletics (sprinting) Germany Steffi Graf Tennis Greece Greece men's national basketball team Basketball [3][16]
1988 United States Carl Lewis Athletics (track and field) East Germany Kristin Otto Swimming United Kingdom McLaren-Honda Formula 1 [3][16]
1989 United States Greg LeMond Cycle sport Switzerland Vreni Schneider Alpine skiing Italy Milan[lower-alpha 1] Football [3][16]
1990 Sweden Stefan Edberg Tennis Jamaica Merlene Ottey Athletics (sprinting) Germany Germany national football team Football [3][16]
1991 United States Carl Lewis Athletics (track and field) Germany Katrin Krabbe Athletics (track and field) France Guy Forget, Henri Leconte Tennis [3][16]
1992 Spain Miguel Induráin Cycle sport Hungary Krisztina Egerszegi Swimming United States United States men's national basketball team Basketball [3][16]
1993 Spain Miguel Induráin Cycle sport Hungary Krisztina Egerszegi Swimming United States Jon Drummond, Andre Cason, Dennis Mitchell, Leroy Burrell Athletics (sprinting) [3][16]
1994 United States Leroy Burrell Athletics (sprinting) Italy Manuela Di Centa[lower-alpha 1] Cross-country skiing Brazil Brazil national football team Football [3][16]
1995 Ethiopia Haile Gebrselassie Athletics (long-distance running) United States Gwen Torrence Athletics (sprinting) Italy Italy men's national volleyball team[lower-alpha 1] Volleyball [3][16]
1996 United States Michael Johnson Athletics (sprinting) France Marie-José Pérec Athletics (sprinting) France Arnaud Boetsch, Guy Forget, Cédric Pioline, Guillaume Raoux Tennis [3][16]
1997 Denmark Wilson Kipketer Athletics (middle-distance running) Cuba Ana Fidelia Quirot Athletics (track and field) France Williams-Renault Formula 1 [3][16]
1998 Italy Marco Pantani[lower-alpha 1] Cycle sport United States Marion Jones Athletics (track and field) France France national football team Football [3][16]
1999 United States Lance Armstrong Cycle sport Romania Gabriela Szabo Athletics (track and field) England Manchester United Football [3][16]
2000 Netherlands Pieter van den Hoogenband Swimming United States Marion Jones Athletics (track and field) France France national football team Football [3][16]
2001 Germany Michael Schumacher Formula 1 Netherlands Inge de Bruijn Swimming Italy Scuderia Ferrari[lower-alpha 1] Formula 1 [3][16]
2002 Germany Michael Schumacher Formula 1 United States Serena Williams Tennis Brazil Brazil national football team Football [3][16]
2003 United States Michael Phelps Swimming United Kingdom Paula Radcliffe Athletics (long-distance running) United Kingdom England national rugby union team Rugby [3][16]
2004 United States Michael Phelps Swimming Italy Valentina Vezzali[lower-alpha 1] Fencing Argentina Argentina men's national volleyball teamVolleyball [3][16]
2005 Switzerland Roger Federer Tennis Russia Yelena Isinbayeva Athletics (pole vaulting) New Zealand New Zealand national rugby union team Rugby [3][16]
2006 Switzerland Roger Federer Tennis France Laure Manaudou Swimming Italy Italy national football team[lower-alpha 1] Football [3][16]
2007 Switzerland Roger Federer Tennis Belgium Justine Henin Tennis South Africa South Africa national rugby union team Rugby [3][16]
2008 Jamaica Usain Bolt Athletics (sprinting) Russia Yelena Isinbayeva Athletics (pole vaulting) Jamaica Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell Athletics (sprinting) [3][16]
2009 Jamaica Usain Bolt Athletics (sprinting) Italy Federica Pellegrini[lower-alpha 1] Swimming Spain Barcelona Football [3][16]
2010 Portugal José Mourinho Football United States Lindsey Vonn Alpine skiing Spain Spain national football team Football [3][16]
2011 Argentina Lionel Messi Football Italy Federica Pellegrini[lower-alpha 1] Swimming Spain Barcelona Football [3][16]
2012 Jamaica Usain Bolt Athletics (sprinting) United States Lindsey Vonn Alpine skiing Spain Spain national football team Football [17]
2013 Jamaica Usain Bolt Athletics (sprinting) United States Serena Williams Tennis Germany Bayern Munich Football [18]
2014 Italy Vincenzo Nibali[lower-alpha 1] Cycle sport Slovenia Tina Maze Alpine skiing Germany Germany national football team Football [7]
2015 Jamaica Usain Bolt Athletics (sprinting) Italy Flavia Pennetta[lower-alpha 1] Tennis Spain Barcelona Football [8]
2016 Jamaica Usain Bolt Athletics (sprinting) United States Simone Biles Artistic gymnastics England Leicester City Football [18]
2017 Switzerland Roger Federer Tennis Italy Federica Pellegrini[lower-alpha 1] Swimming Spain Real Madrid Football [18]
2018 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Formula 1 United States Mikaela Shiffrin Alpine skiing France France national football team Football [18]
2019 Kenya Eliud Kipchoge Athletics (long-distance running) United States Mikaela Shiffrin Alpine skiing England Liverpool Football [19]
United States United States women's national soccer team
2020 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Formula 1 Italy Federica Brignone[lower-alpha 1] Alpine skiing Germany Bayern Munich Football [20]

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
Vincenzo NibaliCycling3
Gregorio PaltrinieriSwimming2
Gianni BugnoCycling2
Tania CagnottoDiving2
Maria CaninsCycling2
Alberto CovaAthletics2
Sofia GoggiaAlpine skiing2
Marcell JacobsAthletics2
Pietro MenneaAthletics2
Giovanna TrilliniFencing2
Dorina VaccaroniFencing2

See also

Notes
  1. Winner in both Italian and worldwide categories.

References
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