Centro Sportivo Esercito

Centro Sportivo Esercito

Sport	17 disciplines
Jurisdiction	Italy
Abbreviation	C.S. Esercito
Founded	1960 (1960)
Affiliation	CONI
Headquarters	Rome
Official website
www.esercito.difesa.it

The Centro Sportivo Esercito (sometimes known as Gruppo Sportivo Esercito or with the acronym CSE), is the sport section of the Italian Army.

History[]

Centro Sportivo Esercito was born on 1 January 1960 on the occasion of the 1960 Summer Olympics that took place in Rome.^[1]

Sections[]

• Olympic Sports Center of the Italian Army
• Alpine Training Centre - Sports Activities Department
• Section Parachuting of the Centro Sportivo Esercito
• Military Centre of Equestrianism
• Section Powerboating of the 2° Reggimento Genio Pontieri

Sports[]

There are 17 disciplines and 5 sections.^[2]

Notables athletes[]

Best results[]

Rachele Bruni silver medal in open water swimming at Rio 2016.

Competition	Athlete	Event	Medal
Olympic Games
Tokyo 2020	Vanessa Ferrari	Gymnastics – Women's Floor Exercise	Silver
Rio de Janeiro 2016	Fabio Basile	Judo - 66 Kg	Gold
	Diana Bacosi	Shooting - Skeet	Gold
	Odette Giuffrida	Judo - 52 Kg	Silver
	Rachele Bruni	Swimming - 10 Km	Silver
	Frank Chamizo	Wrestling freestyle - 65 Kg	Bronze
	Francesca Dallapè	Diving - Synchro 3 m springboard	Bronze
	Gabriele Detti	Swimming - 400 m	Bronze
		Swimming - 1500 m	Bronze
	Monica Contrafatto	Athletics - 100 m T42	Bronze
London 2012	Mauro Sarmiento	Taekwondo - 80 Kg	Bronze
Beijing 2008	Mauro Sarmiento	Taekwondo - 80 Kg	Silver
World Championships
Lienz 2016	Mattia Busato	Karate - Individual kata	Bronze
Las Vegas 2015	Frank Chamizo	Wrestling freestyle - 65 Kg	Gold
Bremen 2014	Sara Cardin	Karate - Kumite 55 kg	Gold
Shangai 2011	Alice Franco	Swimming - Open water 25 Km	Bronze
	Fabio Scozzoli	Swimming - 50 m breaststroke	Silver
Rome 2009	Valerio Cleri	Swimming - Open water 25 Km	Gold
European Championships
Novi Sad 2017	Frank Chamizo	Wrestling freestyle 70 Kg	Gold
Kocaeli 2017	Sara Cardin	Karate - Kumite 55 kg	Silver
	Mattia Busato	Karate - Team kata	Gold
		Karate - Individual kata	Bronze
Split 2017	Mirko Zanni	Weightlifting - Snatch 69 Kg	Silver
Amsterdam 2016	Veronica Inglese	athletics - Half marathon	Silver
Hoorn 2016	Simone Ruffini	Open water swimming - Team 5 km	Gold
Osijej 2013	Giuseppe Giordano	Shooting - 50 m pistol	Gold
Turin 2011	Noemi Batki	Diving - 10 m platform	Gold
Barcelona 2010	Daniele Meucci	Athletics - 10,000 m	Bronze
Eindhoven 2009	Elisa Cusma	Athletics - 800 m	Bronze

See also[]

• Italian military sports bodies
• Athletes of Gruppo Sportivo Esercito

References[]

External links[]

• Official website (in Italian)