Gazzetta Sports Award

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The Gazzetta Sports Awards or the Gazzetta referendum are surveys that are carried out annually by the Italian sports daily La Gazzetta dello Sport and that select the best athletes of the current calendar year.

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Italy's Sportsman of the Year 2019: Roberto Mancini and Federica Pellegrini

organization

At the Gazzetta Sports Awards, the best Italian athletes have been determined in eight categories since 2015, with men, women, coaches and teams being honored in separate categories. Between 1978 and 2014, Italian athletes and world athletes were selected as winners in three categories (men, women and teams) by the Gazzetta referendum. With the introduction of the Gazzetta Sports Awards, the Gazzetta referendum only determines the world's athletes of the year. The results are usually published in December during a gala in Milan (Gazzetta Sports Awards) or in the past after Christmas in a special issue (Gazzetta referendum).

At the Gazzetta Sports Awards, the winners are determined in a multi-stage process. The newspaper editors first nominate ten candidates in each of the eight categories, which readers can vote on over the Internet until the beginning of December. In a subsequent second online audience vote, the three best-placed athletes in each category can be selected. The winners will then be chosen by a jury of experts who will include the results of the Internet voting in their decisions. The award ceremony will take place as a television gala in Milan. The winners of the Gazzetta Sports Awards will receive custom-made diamond gold rings from the Italian jewelry manufacturer Damiani.

history

According to the newspaper, the Gazzetta referendum was created “for fun” in the editorial offices when the paper was run by Gino “Gipa” Palumbo (others name Palumbo as the initiator). The discussion about the list of candidates for the categories of Italy's Sportsman of the Year ("Uomini Italia"), Sportswoman of the Year ("Donne Italia"), Team of the Year ("Squadre Italia") and World Sportsman ("Uomini mondo"), World Sportsman ( "Donne mondo") and world team ("Squadre mondo") began in autumn, while the coordination process is described as very "complex". In later years ten athletes and teams per category were available. In the election round, each La Gazzetta dello Sport journalist voted for his three favorite athletes or teams in descending order with three, two or one point. The athletes and teams that can collect the most points win the election. The results of the five best placed athletes or teams are published.

Italy's Sportsman of the Year

Gazzetta Sports Awards (from 2015)

Sportsman of the year ("Uomo dell'anno")

Sportswoman of the year ("Donna dell'anno")

Team of the year ("Squadra dell'anno")

Trainer of the year ("Allenatore dell'anno")

Performance of the year ("Performance dell'anno")

Disabled athlete of the year ("Atleta Paralimpico dell'anno")

  • 2015: Martina Caironi (athletics)
  • 2016: Beatrice Vio (fencing)
  • 2017: Women's national volleyball team
  • 2018: Beatrice Vio (fencing) and Oney Tapia (athletics)
  • 2019: Simone Barlaam (swimming)

Achievement of the Year ("Exploit dell'anno") (awarded in 2016 under the title Discovery of the Year ("Rivelazione dell'anno"))

Fair Play of the Year ("Fair Play dell'anno") (awarded until 2016 under the title of Gentleman of the Year ("Gentleman dell'anno"))

Most promising talent of the year ("Promesa dell'anno")

Revelation of the year ("Rivelazione dell'anno")

Legends ("Legend")

Referendum Gazzetta (1978-2014)

Record winner: Valentino Rossi

The most popular awards in the referendum among the Italian men were motorcycle racer Valentino Rossi (five wins), among women the foil fencer Valentina Vezzali (six victories) and among the teams the rowers Carmine Abbagnale , Giuseppe Abbagnale and Giuseppe Di Capua as well as the national teams of men in basketball , volleyball and water polo (four wins each). The sports most frequently represented among the winners were athletics and cycling (seven wins each) for men, fencing (eleven wins) for women and football (eleven wins) for teams. With the election of the Paracycler Alex Zanardi in 2012, a disabled athlete was once victorious.

year Sportsman of the year
(Uomini Italia)
Sportswoman of the Year
(Donne Italia)
Team of the Year
(Squadre Italia)
1978 Paolo Rossi (soccer) Sara Simeoni * (athletics) Men's national soccer team
1979 Pietro Mennea (athletics) Roberta Felotti (swimming) AC Milan (soccer)
1980 Pietro Mennea * (athletics) Sara Simeoni (athletics) Men's national basketball team
1981 Marco Lucchinelli (Motorsport) Sara Simeoni (athletics) Carmine Abbagnale , Giuseppe Abbagnale and Giuseppe Di Capua (rowing)
1982 Giuseppe Saronni (cycling) Dorina Vaccaroni (fencing) National football team of men *
1983 Alberto Cova (athletics) Dorina Vaccaroni (fencing) Men's national basketball team
1984 Francesco Moser (cycling) Sara Simeoni (athletics) Carmine Abbagnale , Giuseppe Abbagnale and Giuseppe Di Capua (rowing)
1985 Alberto Cova (athletics) Maria Canins (cycling) Juventus Turin * (soccer)
1986 Reinhold Messner (alpinism) Maria Canins (cycling) Men's water polo team
1987 Francesco Panetta (athletics) Manuela Dalla Valle (swimming) Tracer Milano (basketball)
1988 Alberto Tomba (Alpine skiing) Laura Fogli (athletics) Carmine Abbagnale , Giuseppe Abbagnale and Giuseppe Di Capua (rowing)
1989 Giorgio Lamberti (swimming) Angela Bandini (freediving) AC Milan * (soccer)
1990 Gianni Bugno (cycling) Annarita Sidoti (athletics) Men's national volleyball team
1991 Gianni Bugno (cycling) Giovanna Trillini (fencing) Carmine Abbagnale , Giuseppe Abbagnale and Giuseppe Di Capua (rowing)
1992 Alberto Tomba (Alpine skiing) Giovanna Trillini (fencing) Men's water polo team
1993 Jury Chechi (apparatus gymnastics) Stefania Belmondo (cross-country skiing) Men's water polo team
1994 Alberto Tomba (Alpine skiing) Manuela Di Centa * (cross-country skiing) Maurilio De Zolt , Marco Albarello , Giorgio Vanzetta and Silvio Fauner (cross-country relay)
1995 Alberto Tomba (Alpine skiing) Fiona May (athletics) Men's national volleyball team *
1996 Jury Chechi (apparatus gymnastics) Deborah Compagnoni (Alpine skiing) Juventus Turin (soccer)
1997 Jury Chechi (apparatus gymnastics) Deborah Compagnoni (Alpine skiing) Men's national basketball team
1998 Marco Pantani * (cycling) Deborah Compagnoni (Alpine skiing) Men's national volleyball team
1999 Fabrizio Mori (athletics) Stefania Belmondo (cross-country skiing) Men's national basketball team
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) Women's national volleyball team
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) Men's national volleyball team
2006 Filippo Magnini (swimming) Vanessa Ferrari (apparatus gymnastics) National football team of men *
2007 Filippo Magnini (swimming) Valentina Vezzali (fencing) AC Milan (soccer)
2008 Valentino Rossi (Motorsport) Federica Pellegrini (swimming) Inter Milan (soccer)
2009 Valentino Rossi (Motorsport) Federica Pellegrini * (swimming) Women's national volleyball team
2010 Giuliano Razzoli (Alpine skiing) Francesca Schiavone (tennis) Inter Milan (soccer)
2011 Armin Zöggeler (tobogganing) Federica Pellegrini * (swimming) Men's water polo team
2012 Alex Zanardi (Paracycling) Elisa Di Francisca (fencing) Elisa Di Francisca , Arianna Errigo , Valentina Vezzali and Ilaria Salvatori (fencing)
2013 Vincenzo Nibali (cycling) Jessica Rossi (sport shooting) Juventus Turin (soccer)
2014 Vincenzo Nibali * (cycling) Tania Cagnotto (diving) Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci (tennis)

* = Winner was also recognized as a world athlete or team.

World athlete of the year

Record winner in the men: Usain Bolt
In 1982, the first German female athlete to be victorious: the GDR athlete Marita Koch

The Jamaican track and field athlete Usain Bolt (six victories) was honored most often in the Gazzetta referendum as a world athlete . In the women’s category , the Italian swimmer Federica Pellegrini received the most awards (three wins). In the men, the Canadian athlete Ben Johnson (winner 1987) and the American professional cyclist Lance Armstrong (winner 1999) were subsequently found doping.
The most common sport among the winners is athletics for men (22 wins) and women (18 wins) and football (23 wins) for teams. In the 2019 election, the World Team of the Year (“Squadre mondo”) category was split into men (“Squadre uomini”) and women (“Squadre donne”) for the first time.

year World Sportsman of the Year
(Uomini mondo)
World Sportswoman of the Year
(Donne mondo)
World Team of the Year
(Squadre mondo, since 2019: Squadre uomini / Squadre donne)
1978 KenyaKenya Henry Rono (athletics) ItalyItaly Sara Simeoni (athletics) ArgentinaArgentina Argentina men's national soccer team
1979 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sebastian Coe (athletics) United StatesUnited States Mary T. Meagher (swimming) Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet men's national basketball team
1980 ItalyItaly Pietro Mennea (athletics) Soviet UnionSoviet Union Tatjana Kasankina (athletics) Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany German men's national soccer team
1981 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sebastian Coe (athletics) Soviet UnionSoviet Union Olga Bitscherowa (apparatus gymnastics) Soviet UnionSoviet Union Olga Bitscherowa , Natalja Ilijenko , Jelena Dawydowa , Marija Filatowa , Stella Sacharowa and Elena Polewaja (apparatus gymnastics)
1982 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Daley Thompson (athletics) Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Marita Koch (athletics) ItalyItaly Italian men's national soccer team
1983 United StatesUnited States Carl Lewis (athletics) Soviet UnionSoviet Union Tamara Bykowa (athletics) AustraliaAustralia Australia II (sailing)
1984 United StatesUnited States Carl Lewis (athletics) United StatesUnited States Valerie Brisco-Hooks (athletics) SwedenSweden Stefan Edberg , Anders Järryd , Henrik Sundström and Mats Wilander (tennis)
1985 Soviet UnionSoviet Union Serhij Bubka (athletics) Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Marita Koch (athletics) ItalyItaly Juventus Turin (soccer)
1986 ArgentinaArgentina Diego Maradona (soccer) Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Heike Drechsler (athletics) ArgentinaArgentina Argentina men's national soccer team
1987 CanadaCanada Ben Johnson * (athletics) Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Steffi Graf (tennis) GreeceGreece Greek men's national basketball team
1988 United StatesUnited States Carl Lewis (athletics) Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Kristin Otto (swimming) United KingdomUnited Kingdom McLaren-Honda (Formula 1)
1989 United StatesUnited States Greg LeMond (cycling) SwitzerlandSwitzerland Vreni Schneider (Alpine skiing) ItalyItaly AC Milan (soccer)
1990 SwedenSweden Stefan Edberg (tennis) JamaicaJamaica Merlene Ottey (athletics) GermanyGermany German men's national soccer team
1991 United StatesUnited States Carl Lewis (athletics) GermanyGermany Katrin Krabbe (athletics) FranceFrance Guy Forget and Henri Leconte (tennis)
1992 SpainSpain Miguel Indurain (cycling) HungaryHungary Krisztina Egerszegi (swimming) United StatesUnited States United States Men's National Basketball Team
1993 SpainSpain Miguel Indurain (cycling) HungaryHungary Krisztina Egerszegi (swimming) United StatesUnited States Jon Drummond , Andre Cason , Dennis Mitchell and Leroy Burrell (Athletics, 4-by-100-meter relay)
1994 United StatesUnited States Leroy Burrell (athletics) ItalyItaly Manuela Di Centa (cross-country skiing) BrazilBrazil Brazilian men's national soccer team
1995 EthiopiaEthiopia Haile Gebrselassie (athletics) United StatesUnited States Gwen Torrence (athletics) ItalyItaly Italian men's national volleyball team
1996 United StatesUnited States Michael Johnson (athletics) FranceFrance Marie-José Pérec (athletics) FranceFrance Arnaud Boetsch , Guy Forget , Cédric Pioline and Guillaume Raoux (tennis)
1997 DenmarkDenmark Wilson Kipketer (athletics) CubaCuba Ana Fidelia Quirot (athletics) United KingdomUnited Kingdom Williams-Renault (Formula 1)
1998 ItalyItaly Marco Pantani (cycling) United StatesUnited States Marion Jones (athletics) FranceFrance French men's national football team
1999 United StatesUnited States Lance Armstrong * (cycling) RomaniaRomania Gabriela Szabo (athletics) EnglandEngland Manchester united (soccer)
2000 NetherlandsNetherlands Pieter van den Hoogenband (swimming) United StatesUnited States Marion Jones * (athletics) FranceFrance French men's national football team
2001 GermanyGermany Michael Schumacher (Formula 1) NetherlandsNetherlands Inge de Bruijn (swimming) ItalyItaly Ferrari (Formula 1)
2002 GermanyGermany Michael Schumacher (Formula 1) United StatesUnited States Serena Williams (tennis) BrazilBrazil Brazilian men's national soccer team
2003 United StatesUnited States Michael Phelps (swimming) United KingdomUnited Kingdom Paula Radcliffe (athletics) EnglandEngland English national rugby union team
2004 United StatesUnited States Michael Phelps (swimming) ItalyItaly Valentina Vezzali (fencing) ArgentinaArgentina Argentina men's national basketball team
2005 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Roger Federer (tennis) RussiaRussia Jelena Isinbayeva (athletics) New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand National Rugby Union Team
2006 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Roger Federer (tennis) FranceFrance Laure Manaudou (swimming) ItalyItaly Italian men's national soccer team
2007 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Roger Federer (tennis) BelgiumBelgium Justine Henin (tennis) South AfricaSouth Africa South African national rugby union team
2008 JamaicaJamaica Usain Bolt (athletics) RussiaRussia Jelena Isinbayeva (athletics) JamaicaJamaica Nesta Carter , Michael Frater , Usain Bolt , Asafa Powell (athletics, 4-by-100-meter relay)
2009 JamaicaJamaica Usain Bolt (athletics) ItalyItaly Federica Pellegrini (swimming) SpainSpain FC Barcelona (soccer)
2010 PortugalPortugal José Mourinho (soccer) United StatesUnited States Lindsey Vonn (Alpine skiing) SpainSpain Spanish men's national soccer team
2011 ArgentinaArgentina Lionel Messi (soccer) ItalyItaly Federica Pellegrini (swimming) SpainSpain FC Barcelona (soccer)
2012 JamaicaJamaica Usain Bolt (athletics) United StatesUnited States Lindsey Vonn (Alpine skiing) SpainSpain Spanish men's national soccer team
2013 JamaicaJamaica Usain Bolt (athletics) United StatesUnited States Serena Williams (tennis) GermanyGermany FC Bayern Munich (soccer)
2014 ItalyItaly Vincenzo Nibali (cycling) SloveniaSlovenia Tina Maze (Alpine skiing) GermanyGermany German men's national soccer team
2015 JamaicaJamaica Usain Bolt (athletics) ItalyItaly Flavia Pennetta (tennis) SpainSpain FC Barcelona (soccer)
2016 JamaicaJamaica Usain Bolt (athletics) United StatesUnited States Simone Biles (apparatus gymnastics) EnglandEngland Leicester City (soccer)
2017 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Roger Federer (tennis) ItalyItaly Federica Pellegrini (swimming) SpainSpain Real Madrid (soccer)
2018 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lewis Hamilton (Formula 1) United StatesUnited States Mikaela Shiffrin (Alpine skiing) FranceFrance French national football team (soccer)
2019 KenyaKenya Eliud Kipchoge (athletics) United StatesUnited States Mikaela Shiffrin (Alpine skiing) Men: Liverpool FC (soccer) Women: American national soccer team, womenEnglandEngland 
United StatesUnited States 

* = Winner was later convicted of doping.

literature

  • La Gazzetta dello Sport (2012), special issue on the referendum from December 31, pp. 1–9 (available online via issuu.com ).

Web links

Individual evidence

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  3. Premio at sportsawards.gazzetta.it (Italian; accessed July 15, 2016).
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  5. E 'Mourinho l'uomo del 2010 at gazzetta.it, December 31, 2010 (accessed June 15, 2015).
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