Gazzetta Sports Awards

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

The Gazzetta Sports Awards and the Gazzetta Referendum are surveys conducted annually by the Italian sports newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport, which select the best athletes of the calendar year.^[1]

Awards 2019[]

In a Gala held on 18 December 2019 in Milan, La Gazzetta dello Sport assigned the following Awards.^[2]

Sportman of the year	Roberto Mancini
Sportwoman of the year	Federica Pellegrini
Coach of the Year	Roberto Mancini
Team of the Year	Italy men's national water polo team (Settebello)
Best performance	Jannik Sinner
Exploit of the year	Charles Leclerc
Most Promising Talent of the Year	Benedetta Pilato
Paralympic athlete of the Year	Simone Barlaam
Revelation of the Year	Matteo Berrettini
Special Awards
Legend	Siniša Mihajlović
Esports
SportWeek Award	Italy women's national football team

Winners[]

Year	Sportman of the Year	Sport	Sportwoman of the Year	Sport	Team of the Year	Sport
1978	Paolo Rossi	Football	Sara Simeoni	Athletics (high jump)	Italy national football team	Football
1979	Pietro Mennea	Athletics (sprinting)	Roberta Felotti	Swimming	Milan	Football
1980	Pietro Mennea	Athletics (sprinting)	Sara Simeoni	Athletics (high jump)	Italy national basketball team	Basketball
1981	Marco Lucchinelli	Motorsport	Sara Simeoni	Athletics	Carmine Abbagnale, Giuseppe Abbagnale, Giuseppe Di Capua	Rowing
1982	Giuseppe Saronni	Cycling	Dorina Vaccaroni	Fencing	Italy national football team*	Football
1983	Alberto Cova	Athletics	Dorina Vaccaroni	Fencing	Italy national basketball team	Basketball
1984	Francesco Moser	Cycling	Sara Simeoni	Athletics	Carmine Abbagnale, Giuseppe Abbagnale, Giuseppe Di Capua	Rowing
1985	Alberto Cova	Athletics	Maria Canins	Cycling	Juventus*	Football
1986	Reinhold Messner	Mountaineering	Maria Canins	Cycling	Italy men's national water polo team	Water polo
1987	Francesco Panetta	Athletics	Manuela Dalla Valle	Swimming	Tracer Milano	Basketball
1988	Alberto Tomba	Alpine skiing	Laura Fogli	Athletics	Carmine Abbagnale, Giuseppe Abbagnale, Giuseppe Di Capua	Rowing
1989	Giorgio Lamberti	Swimming		Freediving	Milan*	Football
1990	Gianni Bugno	Cycling	Annarita Sidoti	Athletics	Italy men's national volleyball team	Volleyball
1991	Gianni Bugno	Cycling	Giovanna Trillini	Fencing	Carmine Abbagnale, Giuseppe Abbagnale, Giuseppe Di Capua	Rowing
1992	Alberto Tomba	Alpine skiing	Giovanna Trillini	Fencing	Italy men's national water polo team	Water polo
1993	Jury Chechi	Gymnastics	Stefania Belmondo	Cross-country skiing	Italy men's national water polo team	Water polo
1994	Alberto Tomba	Alpine skiing	Manuela Di Centa*	Cross-country skiing	Maurilio De Zolt, Marco Albarello, Giorgio Vanzetta, Silvio Fauner	Cross-country skiing
1995	Alberto Tomba	Alpine skiing	Fiona May	Athletics	Italy men's national volleyball team*	Volleyball
1996	Jury Chechi	Gymnastics	Deborah Compagnoni	Alpine skiing	Juventus	Football
1997	Jury Chechi	Gymnastics	Deborah Compagnoni	Alpine skiing	Italy national basketball team	Basketball
1998	Marco Pantani*	Cycling	Deborah Compagnoni	Alpine skiing	Italy men's national volleyball team	Volleyball
1999	Fabrizio Mori	Athletics	Stefania Belmondo	Cross-country skiing	Italy national basketball team	Basketball
2000	Domenico Fioravanti	Swimming	Valentina Vezzali	Fencing	Ferrari	Formula 1
2001	Valentino Rossi	Motorsport	Valentina Vezzali	Fencing	Ferrari*	Formula 1
2002	Valentino Rossi	Motorsport	Stefania Belmondo	Cross-country skiing	Italy women's national volleyball team	Volleyball
2003	Valentino Rossi	Motorsport	Valentina Vezzali	Fencing	Ferrari	Formula 1
2004	Stefano Baldini	Athletics	Valentina Vezzali*	Fencing	Ferrari	Formula 1
2005	Filippo Magnini	Swimming	Valentina Vezzali	Fencing	Italy men's national volleyball team	Volleyball
2006	Filippo Magnini	Swimming	Vanessa Ferrari	Gymnastics	Italy national football team*	Football
2007	Filippo Magnini	Swimming	Valentina Vezzali	Fencing	Milan	Football
2008	Valentino Rossi	Motorsport	Federica Pellegrini	Swimming	Inter	Football
2009	Valentino Rossi	Motorsport	Federica Pellegrini*	Swimming	Italy women's national volleyball team	Volleyball
2010	Giuliano Razzoli	Alpine skiing	Francesca Schiavone	Tennis	Inter	Football
2011	Armin Zöggeler	Luge	Federica Pellegrini*	Swimming	Italy men's national water polo team	Water polo
2012	Alex Zanardi	Paracycling	Elisa Di Francisca	Fencing	Elisa Di Francisca, Arianna Errigo, Valentina Vezzali, Ilaria Salvatori	Fencing
2013	Vincenzo Nibali	Cycling	Jessica Rossi	Shooting	Juventus	Football
2014	Vincenzo Nibali	Cycling	Tania Cagnotto	Diving	Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci	Tennis
2015	Gregorio Paltrinieri	Swimming	Flavia Pennetta	Tennis	Juventus	Football
2016	Gregorio Paltrinieri	Swimming	Tania Cagnotto	Diving	Italy men's national volleyball team	Volleyball
2017	Gianluigi Buffon	Football	Sofia Goggia	Alpine skiing	Juventus	Football
2018^[3]	Filippo Tortu	Sprinting	Sofia Goggia	Alpine skiing	Italy women's national volleyball team	Volleyball
2019	Roberto Mancini	Football	Federica Pellegrini	Swimming	Italy men's national water polo team	Water polo
2020	Ciro Immobile	Football	Federica Brignone	Alpine skiing	Atalanta	Football

Winner was also honored as a world athlete or team.

Other awards[]

Since 2015 the prize has been awarded in a further six categories.^[4]

Coach of the Year

2015: Antonio Conte (Association football)
2016: Claudio Ranieri (Association football)
2017: Gian Piero Gasperini (Association football)
2018: Massimiliano Allegri (Association football)^[3]

Performance of the Year

2015: Fabio Aru (Cycling)
2016: Niccolò Campriani (Shooting)
2017: Andrea Belotti (Association football)
2018: Mauro Icardi (Association football)^[3]

Paralympic athlete of the Year

2015: Martina Caironi (Paralympic athletics)
2016: Beatrice Vio (Wheelchair fencing)
2017: (Deaf volleyball)
2018: Beatrice Vio (Wheelchair fencing) and Oney Tapia (Paralympic athletics)^[3]

Exploit of the Year

2015: Roberta Vinci (Tennis)
2016: Gianluigi Donnarumma (Association football)^[5]
2017: Andrea Dovizioso (Motorsport)
2018: Elia Viviani (Cycling)^[3]
2021: Nicolò Barella (Association football)^[6]

Revelation of the Year

2018: Simona Quadarella (Swimming)^[3]^[7]

Most Promising Talent of the Year

2018: Francesco Bagnaia (Motorsport)^[3]^[7]

Fair Play of the Year

2015: Valentina Diouf (Volleyball)
2016: Tamara Lunger (Ski mountaineering)^[8]
2017: Matteo Manassero (Golf)
2018: Not Awarded^[3]^[7]

Legend

2015: Valentino Rossi (Motorsport) and Alex Zanardi (Paracycling)
2016: Federica Pellegrini (Swimming) and Alberto Tomba (Alpine skiing)
2017: Francesco Totti (Association football) and Alberto Contador (Cycling)
2018: Paolo Maldini (Association football), Vincenzo Nibali (Cycling), and Christian Vieri (Association football)^[3]
2019: Siniša Mihajlović (Association football)^[9]
2020: Zlatan Ibrahimović (Association football)^[10]

Multiwinners[]

Respectively with 6 and 5 successes, Valentina Vezzali and Valentino Rossi are the most victorious athletes.

Women athletes

Athlete	Sport	Wins
Valentina Vezzali	Fencing	6
Valentino Rossi	Motorcycle racing	5
Federica Pellegrini	Swimming	4
Sara Simeoni	Athletics	4
Alberto Tomba	Alpine skiing	4
Stefania Belmondo	Cross-country skiing	3
Jury Chechi	Gymnastics	3
Deborah Compagnoni	Alpine skiing	3
Filippo Magnini	Swimming	3
Gianni Bugno	Cycling	2
Tania Cagnotto	Diving	2
Alberto Cova	Athletics	2
Sofia Goggia	Alpine skiing	2
Pietro Mennea	Athletics	2
Vincenzo Nibali	Cycling	2
Gregorio Paltrinieri	Swimming	2
Giovanna Trillini	Fencing	2
Dorina Vaccaroni	Fencing	2
Beatrice Vio	Wheelchair fencing	2

Maria Canins (cycling) 2

References[]

^ "Gazzetta Sports Awards" (in Italian). gazzzetta.it. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
^ "Mancini è l'uomo dell'anno. Trionfa anche la Pellegrini. Settebello, squadra top" (in Italian). gazzetta.it. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Gazzetta Sports Awards 2018: Tortu è l'Uomo dell'anno, bis per la Goggia. ItalVolley femminile, squadra top" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
^ "Gazzetta Sports Awards - Vincitori" (in Italian). gazzzetta.it. Archived from the original on 21 December 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
^ In 2016 the name was Revelation of the Year
^ In 2020 the name was Revelation of the Year
^ ^a ^b ^c Fausto Narducci (11 November 2018). "Gazzetta Sports Awards, tocca a voi: scegliete le 4 stelle dell'anno" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
^ In 2016 the name was Gentleman of the Year
^ Cuppini, Michela (18 December 2019). "Mihajlovic tra ricordi ed emozioni: "Sono alla fine del tunnel, si vede il sole"". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 30 January 2021.
^ Romani, Davide (14 December 2020). "Gazzetta Sports Awards: da Ibra a Ganna, è la notte delle stelle" (in Italian). gazzzetta.it. Retrieved 15 December 2020.

External links[]

Official site

[1] "Gazzetta Sports Awards" (in Italian). gazzzetta.it. Retrieved 26 January 2018.

[2] "Mancini è l'uomo dell'anno. Trionfa anche la Pellegrini. Settebello, squadra top" (in Italian). gazzetta.it. Retrieved 24 February 2020.

[GSA-2018-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Gazzetta Sports Awards 2018: Tortu è l'Uomo dell'anno, bis per la Goggia. ItalVolley femminile, squadra top" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2018.

[4] "Gazzetta Sports Awards - Vincitori" (in Italian). gazzzetta.it. Archived from the original on 21 December 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2018.

[5] In 2016 the name was Revelation of the Year

[6] In 2020 the name was Revelation of the Year

[4_stelle-7] Fausto Narducci (11 November 2018). "Gazzetta Sports Awards, tocca a voi: scegliete le 4 stelle dell'anno" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 5 December 2018.

[8] In 2016 the name was Gentleman of the Year

[9] Cuppini, Michela (18 December 2019). "Mihajlovic tra ricordi ed emozioni: "Sono alla fine del tunnel, si vede il sole"". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 30 January 2021.

[10] Romani, Davide (14 December 2020). "Gazzetta Sports Awards: da Ibra a Ganna, è la notte delle stelle" (in Italian). gazzzetta.it. Retrieved 15 December 2020.

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