Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Oro

Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Oro
Sport39 disciplines
JurisdictionItaly
AbbreviationG.S. Fiamme Oro
Founded1954 (1954)
AffiliationCONI
HeadquartersRome
PresidentFrancesco Montini
Official website
poliziadistato.it

The Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Oro is the sport section of the Italian police force Polizia di Stato.

The color of the competition jerseys of the athletes of the Fiamme Oro is crimson, therefore the athletes of the sports group are sometimes called cremisi (Italian translation of crimson).[1]

Greatest athletes

Sprinter Marcell Jacobs, two-time gold medalist as individual and with the team at 2020 Summer Olympics, here in the cremisi jersey of Fiamme Oro.
Summer sports Winter sports Paralympic sports
Athletics
  • Livio Berruti (Olympic gold medal)
  • Alessandro Andrei (Olympic gold medal)
  • Marcell Jacobs (two Olympic gold medals)
  • Salvatore Antibo (Olympic silver medal)
  • Alessandro Lambruschini (Olympic bronze medal)
Boxing
  • Roberto Cammarelle (Olympic gold medal)
Fencing
  • Valentina Vezzali (six Olympic gold medals)
  • Elisa Di Francisca (two Olympic gold medals)
  • Stefano Cerioni (two Olympic gold medals)
Modern pentathlon
  • Daniele Masala (two Olympic gold medals)
Swimming
  • Gregorio Paltrinieri (Olympic gold medal)
 Alpine skiing
  • Karen Putzer (Olympic bronze medal)
  • Daniela Ceccarelli (Olympic gold medal)
Cross-country skiing
Speed skating
Curling
 Wheelchair fencing

Medal table

Wheelchair fencer Bebe Vio, two-time Paralympic champion at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020.

In his history Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Oro won 41 olympic and paralympic gold medal, four of these between 2008 Summer Olympics and 2006 Winter Olympics (Valentina Vezzali, Roberto Cammarelle, Andrea Minguzzi and Enrico Fabris).[2]

Event
Summer Olympic Games 35 14 26
Winter Olympic Games 5 2 4
Paralympic Games 1 2 3

See also

References

  1. ^ "Fiamme Oro Rugby, i Cremisi in semifinale di Coppa Italia" (in Italian). ilfaroonline.it. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Il medagliere olimpico delle Fiamme Oro" (in Italian). poliziadistato.it. Retrieved 30 April 2012.

External links

  • Official website
  • Fiamme Oro all medals
  • Fiamme oro athletics competitors profiles