FIGC president Gabriele Gravina was awarded the Collare d’Oro (Golden Collar) for Sports Merit this morning at the Casa delle Armi in the Foro Italico. This recognition is the highest honour bestowed by the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI). During the ceremony, which celebrates athletes, clubs, and officials who have distinguished themselves, Gravina received the prestigious award from Luciano Buonfiglio, the head of Italian sport.

Having led the FIGC since October 2018 and re-elected twice in February 2021 and February 2025, Gravina is the first sitting federation president to receive the Collare d’Oro. He commented “I am filled with emotions and gratitude because this is an award that is not just for me, instead it is the result of a journey shared with players, officials, my family, and my community, a journey that has given me the opportunity to highlight the social and unifying role of football, as well as work towards my vision for local development.”

Present at the event were CONI president Luciano Buonfiglio, CIP president Marco Giunio De Sanctis, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani, Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi, Minister of Economy and Finance Giancarlo Giorgetti, and Minister for Sport and Youth Andrea Abodi. They were joined by numerous federation presidents, representatives of associated sports disciplines, sports promotion bodies, and figures from across Italian sport, including the Milano Cortina 2026 Foundation led by former CONI president and IOC member Giovanni Malagò. Also present at Foro Italico were IOC members Franco Carraro, Mario Pescante, Manuela Di Centa, and Francesco Ricci Bitti.

 

Collari d’Oro for Sports Merit (Golden Collar Award)

Athletes:
Francesca Lollobrigida (speed skating, 5,000 m world champion), Stefania Constantini (curling, mixed doubles world champion), Roland Fischnaller (snowboard, parallel giant slalom world champion), Michela Moioli (snowboard, cross world champion), Flora Tabanelli (freestyle skiing, big air world champion), Alice Bellandi (judo, -78 kg world champion), Assunta Scutto (judo, -48 kg world champion), Luca Curatoli, Michele Gallo, Matteo Neri, Pietro Torre, Guillaume Bianchi, Alessio Foconi, Filippo Macchi, Tommaso Marini (fencing, world champions in team sabre/foil events), Simone Cerasuolo (swimming, 50 m breaststroke world champion), Vittoria Bussi (track cycling, world hour record), Elisa Longo Borghini (road cycling, Giro d’Italia winner), Martina Alzini, Martina Fidanza, Vittoria Guazzini, Federica Venturelli (track cycling, team pursuit world champions), Yasmina Akrari, Ekaterina Antropova, Carlotta Cambi, Stella Nervini, Loveth Omoruyi, Gaia Giovannini (volleyball, world champions), Simone Anzani, Simone Giannelli, Luca Porro, Roberto Russo, Francesco Sani (volleyball, world champions), Tyra Caterina Grant (tennis, Billie Jean King Cup winner with Italy), Mattia Furlani (athletics, long jump world champion), Luca Chiumento, Giacomo Gentili, Andrea Panizza, Luca Rambaldi (rowing, coxless four world champions), Riccardo Pianosi (sailing, Formula Kite world champion), Massimo Fabbrizi, Alessia Iezzi (shooting, mixed team trap world champions).

Palme d’Oro for Technical Merit:
Marco Mariani (curling DT), Davide Brignone (alpine skiing, coach of Federica Brignone), Valentino Mori (freestyle skiing, coach of Flora Tabanelli), Raffaele Parlati, Raffaele Toniolo (judo DT), Andrea Terenzio (men’s sabre DT), Leonardo Caserta, Lucio Landi, Raffaele Forcella (sabre coaches), Cesare Casella (swimming, coach of Simone Cerasuolo), Luca Riceputi (cycling DT), Giuseppe Coratella (cycling, coach of Vittoria Bussi), Marco Velo (cycling, coach of Elisa Longo Borghini), Diego Bragato (track cycling CT), Julio Velasco (women’s volleyball CT), Ferdinando De Giorgi (men’s volleyball CT), Khadidiatou Seck (long jump, coach of Mattia Furlani), Antonio Colamonici (rowing DT), Agostino Abbagnale (rowing coach, men’s team), Marco Conti (shooting DT trap), Antonello Iezzi (shooting, coach of Alessia Iezzi).

Paralympic Sport Collari d’Oro:
Emanuel Perathoner (snowboard, banked slalom and snowboard cross LL2 world champion), Federico Andreoli (road cycling, B category world champion), Francesco Di Felice (Federico Andreoli’s piloti), Fabrizio Cornegliani (road cycling, H1 world champion in road race and time trial), Claudia Cretti (track cycling, WC4-5 world champion in 1 km time trial, 10 km scratch, and elimination race), Mattia Galvagno, Andrea Jacquier, Edoardo Giordan, Gianmarco Paolucci (fencing, team sabre world champions), Ionela Andreea Mogos (fencing, foil B category world champion), Alberto Amodeo (swimming, 400 m freestyle S8 world champion), Monica Boggioni (swimming, S5 50, 100, 200 m freestyle and 50 m breaststroke SB3 world champion), Federico Bicelli (swimming, 400 m freestyle S7 world champion), Arjola Trimi (swimming, 200 m freestyle S3 world champion), Gabriele Lorenzo (swimming, 100 & 200 m freestyle S3 world champion), Stefano Travisani (archery, recurve open world champion), Carlo Fabio Marcello Calcagni (athletics, 100 m T72 world champion), Ambra Sabatini (athletics, 100 m T63 world champion), Marco Cicchetti (athletics, long jump T44 and 200 m T44 world champion), Assunta Legnante (athletics, F12 shot put world champion).

 

Collari d’Oro for Sports Clubs:
Hellas Verona Football Club S.p.A., Sci Club Formazza A.S.D., Canottieri Leonida Bissolati A.S.D., Compagnia della Vela Forte dei Marmi, Circolo Nautico Posillipo A.S.D., Santa Lucia S.S.D. S.R.L.

Collari d’Oro for Sporting Officials:

Lucia Aleotti, Leonardo Gallitelli, Gianni Gola, Gabriele Gravina, Carlo Magri.

2025 CONI Trophy Winner:

CONI Lombardy Regional Committee