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]

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

Criteria edit

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.[citation needed]

Members edit

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 edit

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 edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "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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