The Gazzetta Sports Awards and the Gazzetta Referendum are surveys conducted annually by the Italian sports newspaper to reward the best sportsmen and sportswomen of the calendar year.
Winners Italian Year Sportman of the Year Sport Sportwoman of the Year Sport Team of the Year SportRef. 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 Motorcycle racing 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 Angela Bandini 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 Motorcycle racing Valentina Vezzali Fencing Ferrari Formula 1 2002 Valentino Rossi Motorcycle racing Stefania Belmondo Cross-country skiing Italy women's national volleyball team Volleyball 2003 Valentino Rossi Motorcycle racing 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 Motorcycle racing Federica Pellegrini Swimming Inter Football 2009 Valentino Rossi Motorcycle racing 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 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 2021 Marcell Jacobs Athletics (sprinting) Antonella Palmisano Athletics (racewalking) Italy national football team Football 2022 Marcell Jacobs Athletics (sprinting) Benedetta Pilato Swimming Milan Football 2023 Gianmarco Tamberi Athletics (high jump) Sofia Raffaeli Rhythmic gymnastics Napoli Football 2024Jannik SinnerTennisAlice D'AmatoArtistic gymnastics Inter Football Alberta Santuccio, Giulia Rizzi, Rossella Fiamingo, Mara Navarria Fencing 2025 Lorenzo Musetti Tennis Paola Egonu Volleyball Italy Davis Cup team Tennis
Worldwide Year Sportman of the Year Sport Sportwoman of the Year Sport Team of the Year SportRef. 1978 Henry Rono Athletics (track and field) Sara Simeoni Athletics (high jump) Argentina national football team Football1979 Sebastian CoeAthletics (track and field) Mary T. MeagherSwimming Soviet Union national football teamFootball1980 Pietro MenneaAthletics (sprinting) Tatyana Kazankina Athletics (track and field) Germany national football teamFootball1981 Sebastian CoeAthletics (track and field) Olga Bicherova Artistic gymnastics Olga Bicherova, Yelena Davydova, Maria Filatova, Elena Polevaya, Stella ZakharovaArtistic gymnastics1982 Daley ThompsonAthletics (decathlon) Marita Koch Athletics (sprinting) Italy national football teamFootball1983 Carl LewisAthletics (track and field) Tamara Bykova Athletics (high jump) Australia II teamSailing1984 Carl LewisAthletics (track and field) Valerie Brisco-Hooks Athletics (track and field) Stefan Edberg, Anders Järryd, Henrik Sundström, Mats WilanderTennis1985 Sergey BubkaAthletics (pole vault) Marita Koch Athletics (sprinting) JuventusFootball1986 Diego MaradonaFootball Heike Drechsler Athletics (long jump) Argentina national football teamFootball1987 Ben JohnsonAthletics (sprinting) Steffi Graf Tennis Greece men's national basketball teamBasketball1988 Carl LewisAthletics (track and field) Kristin Otto Swimming McLaren-HondaFormula 11989 Greg LeMondCycle sport Vreni Schneider Alpine skiing MilanFootball1990 Stefan EdbergTennis Merlene Ottey Athletics (sprinting) Germany national football teamFootball1991 Carl LewisAthletics (track and field) Katrin Krabbe Athletics (track and field) Guy Forget, Henri LeconteTennis1992 Miguel InduráinCycle sport Krisztina Egerszegi Swimming United States men's national basketball teamBasketball1993 Miguel InduráinCycle sport Krisztina Egerszegi Swimming Jon Drummond, Andre Cason, Dennis Mitchell, Leroy BurrellAthletics (sprinting)1994 Leroy BurrellAthletics (sprinting) Manuela Di CentaCross-country skiing Brazil national football teamFootball1995 Haile GebrselassieAthletics (long-distance running) Gwen TorrenceAthletics (sprinting) Italy men's national volleyball teamVolleyball1996 Michael JohnsonAthletics (sprinting) Marie-José PérecAthletics (sprinting) Arnaud Boetsch, Guy Forget, Cédric Pioline, Guillaume RaouxTennis1997 Wilson KipketerAthletics (middle-distance running) Ana Fidelia QuirotAthletics (track and field) Williams-RenaultFormula 11998 Marco PantaniCycle sport Marion JonesAthletics (track and field) France national football teamFootball1999 Lance ArmstrongCycle sport Gabriela SzaboAthletics (track and field) Manchester UnitedFootball2000 Pieter van den HoogenbandSwimming Marion JonesAthletics (track and field) France national football teamFootball2001 Michael SchumacherFormula 1 Inge de BruijnSwimming Scuderia FerrariFormula 12002 Michael SchumacherFormula 1 Serena WilliamsTennis Brazil national football teamFootball2003 Michael PhelpsSwimming Paula RadcliffeAthletics (long-distance running) England national rugby union teamRugby2004 Michael PhelpsSwimming Valentina VezzaliFencing Argentina men's national volleyball team Volleyball2005 Roger FedererTennis Yelena IsinbayevaAthletics (pole vaulting) New Zealand national rugby union teamRugby2006 Roger FedererTennis Laure ManaudouSwimming Italy national football teamFootball2007 Roger FedererTennis Justine HeninTennis South Africa national rugby union teamRugby2008 Usain BoltAthletics (sprinting) Yelena IsinbayevaAthletics (pole vaulting) Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Usain Bolt, Asafa PowellAthletics (sprinting)2009 Usain BoltAthletics (sprinting) Federica PellegriniSwimming BarcelonaFootball2010 José MourinhoFootball Lindsey VonnAlpine skiing Spain national football teamFootball2011 Lionel MessiFootball Federica PellegriniSwimming BarcelonaFootball2012 Usain BoltAthletics (sprinting) Lindsey VonnAlpine skiing Spain national football teamFootball2013 Usain BoltAthletics (sprinting) Serena WilliamsTennis Bayern MunichFootball2014 Vincenzo NibaliCycle sport Tina MazeAlpine skiing Germany national football teamFootball2015 Usain BoltAthletics (sprinting) Flavia PennettaTennis BarcelonaFootball2016 Usain BoltAthletics (sprinting) Simone BilesArtistic gymnastics Leicester CityFootball2017 Roger FedererTennis Federica PellegriniSwimming Real MadridFootball2018 Lewis HamiltonFormula 1 Mikaela ShiffrinAlpine skiing France national football teamFootball2019 Eliud KipchogeAthletics (long-distance running) Mikaela ShiffrinAlpine skiing LiverpoolFootball United States women's national soccer team2020 Lewis HamiltonFormula 1 Federica BrignoneAlpine skiing Bayern MunichFootball
Other awards Since 2015, other awards have been given. 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) 2019: Roberto Mancini (association football) 2020: Stefano Pioli (association football) 2021: Antonio Conte (association football) 2022: Ferdinando De Giorgi (volleyball) 2023: Luciano Spalletti (association football) 2024: Julio Velasco (volleyball)
Performance of the Year 2015: Fabio Aru (cycling) 2016: Niccolò Campriani (shooting) 2017: Andrea Belotti (association football) 2018: Mauro Icardi (association football) 2019: Jannik Sinner (tennis) 2020: Filippo Ganna (cycling) 2021: Sonny Colbrelli (cycling) 2022: Gregorio Paltrinieri (swimming) 2023: Lautaro Martínez (association football) 2024: Nicolò Martinenghi (swimming)
Paralympic Athlete of the Year 2015: Martina Caironi (paralympic athletics) 2016: Beatrice Vio (wheelchair fencing) 2017: Italy women's national deaf volleyball team (deaf volleyball) 2018: Beatrice Vio (wheelchair fencing) and Oney Tapia (paralympic athletics) 2019: Simone Barlaam (paralympic swimming) 2020: Briantea 84 Cantù 2021: Beatrice Vio (wheelchair fencing) 2022: Xenia Palazzo (paralympic swimming) 2023: Ambra Sabatini (paralympic athletics) 2024: Stefano Raimondi (paralympic swimming) and Carlotta Gilli (paralympic swimming)
Exploit of the Year 2015: Roberta Vinci (tennis) 2016: Gianluigi Donnarumma (association football) 2017: Andrea Dovizioso (motorsport) 2018: Elia Viviani (cycling) 2019: Charles Leclerc (Formula 1) 2020: Jannik Sinner (tennis) 2021: Nicolò Barella (association football) 2023: Francesco Bagnaia (motorsport) and Italy Davis Cup team (tennis) 2024: Atalanta (association football)
Revelation of the Year 2018: Simona Quadarella (swimming) 2019: Matteo Berrettini (tennis) 2020: Enea Bastianini (motorcycle racing) and Larissa Iapichino (long jump) 2021: Francesco Bagnaia (motorcycle racing) 2022: Yemaneberhan Crippa (long-distance running) 2024: Nadia Battocletti (long-distance running)
Most Promising Talent of the Year 2018: Francesco Bagnaia (motorsport)