Tokyo 2020, new medal record for Italy: all the winners

How will we ever forget the Tokyo 2020 Olympics? The memory of these emotions will remain indelible, for a sporty summer that is nothing short of exciting for Italy, just back from the triumph at European football championships 2020. A sporting rebirth that fills with joy after a year and a half of suffering and limitations.

Italian athletes have managed to make the history of their country by beating a record that stood since Los Angeles 1932. In 90 years of history it was only possible to match this result in Rome 1960. They are well 38 medals conquered and there have never been so many for our country, net of futile criticisms that have rained in recent days. The day of overtaking on ourselves is August 6, which gives three first places, three gold medals that made all the athletes in every region shout for joy:

• Antonella Palmisano: gold medal in the women's 20 km walk
• Luigi Busà: gold in karate
• Lorenzo Patta, Marcel Jacobs, Eseosa Desalu e Filippo Tortu: gold in the 4 × 100 relay

Tokyo 2020, the gold medals

There are 10 gold medals for Italy in Tokyo 2020, here are all the winners for our country:

1. Vito Dell'Aquila: born in Mesagne in 2000, this is his first participation. Immediately a golden triumph for him in taekwondo, category -58kg, beating the Tunisian Khalil Mohamed Jendoubi
2. Caesarini e Rhodes: gold medal in double light weight rowing. It is the first time that Italy has celebrated a medal in women's rowing
3. Gianmarco Tamberi: born in Civitanova Marche in 1992, he was able to celebrate the gold medal in the high jump after so much bad luck. His exultation will remain in everyone's eyes
4. Lamont Marcel Jacobs: born in El Paso in 1994, he is the fastest man in the world. Gold medal in the 100 meters. All 13 minutes after Tamberi's triumph, for a historic day
5. Banti e Tita: gold medal in sailing, Nacra 17 mixed class, ahead of Great Britain and Germany
6. agree, Ganna, Lamon e Milan: successful enterprise for Italy, gold medal in team pursuit, complete with world record: 3'42 '' 032
7. Massimo Stano: born in Grumo Appula in 1992, he won the gold medal in the 20 km walk as a rookie
8. Antonella Palmisano: born in Mottola in 1991, she triumphed in the 20 km women's walk
9. Luigi Busà: born in Avola in 1987, he is a rookie at the Olympics and won the gold medal in karate (kumite) and did it in Japan
10. Jacobs, Patta, Fesalu e Tortu: we are truly the fastest in the world. gold also in the men's 4 × 100 relay race, ahead of Great Britain and Canada

Tokyo 2020, silver and bronze

Here are all the Italian winners of a silver and bronze medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics:

1. Luigi Samele: born in Foggia in 1987, he won the silver medal in the men's individual saber. Defeated by the only Hungarian Aron Szilagyi. This is his second Olympics, after the team bronze in London 2012
2. Elise Longo Borghini: born in Verbania in 1991, she won the bronze medal in road cycling, behind Austria and Holland
3. Odette Giuffrida: born in Rome in 1994, is at her second participation, after the silver in 2016. Third place obtained in the -52kg category of judo against the Hungarian Pupp
4. Mirko Zanni: born in Pordenone in 1997, he is a rookie and immediately takes home a bronze in weightlifting, category -67kg
5. Nicholas Martinenghi: born in Varese in 1999, he is at his first Olympics and celebrates with a bronze in the 100m breaststroke, behind Great Britain and the Netherlands
6. Miressi, Ceccon, Zazzeri e Fridge: silver medal in the 4 × 100 freestyle relay. An absolute record for Italy, which had never celebrated a podium in the fast relay
7. Diana Bacosi: born in Città della Pieve in 1983, it has won a new Olympic medal. After Rio's gold in 2016, here is Tokyo's silver in women's skeet
8. Daniel Garozzo: born in Acireale in 1992, he has returned from gold in 2016 and this year celebrates a silver in individual foil
9. Maria Centrocchio: born in Isernia in 1994, proudly displays the bronze medal in judo, category -63kg
10. flamingo, Navarria, Island e Santuccio: bronze medal in women's team sword. It is the second time this has happened since 1996, when it was silver medal
11. Giorgia Bordignon: born in Gallarate in 1987, Rio saw her eighth while in Tokyo she celebrated the silver medal in weightlifting, category -64kg. Double Italian record for her
12. Frederick Burdisso: born in Pavia in 2001, he is a rookie and celebrates the bronze medal in the 200 butterfly
13. Castaldo, By Costanzo, Award e Close: bronze medal in rowing
14. Samele, Curatoli, Berré e Mountain: silver medal in the team saber. Veteran Montano took the podium at 42, announcing his retirement
15. Ruta e Oppo: bronze medal in rowing for double lightweights. A podium was missing since Sydney 2000
16. George Paltrinieri: born in Carpi in 1994, he won silver in the 800m freestyle. A historic race, which he approached after the physical problems suffered and a broken athletic preparation. This result is worth gold after the gold in Rio 2016 and the many triumphs at the World Cup
17. Volpi, Errigo, Esoteric e Cipressa: bronze medal in women's team foil
18. Lucilla Boari: born in Mantua in 1997, bronze medal in the individual arc
19. Simona Quadarella: born in Rome in 1998, she is a bronze medalist in the 800 freestyle. A true marvel, gold at the 2018 European Championships in the 400, 800 and 1500 freestyle. First blue in history to do so
20. Irma Head: born in Torre Annunziata in 1997, she is bronze medal in boxing, category 54-57kg. Her success is historic, because she is the first woman to obtain a medal in this specialty in Italy
21. Mauro Nespoli: born in Voghera in 1987, he is silver medal in archery, after team silver in Beijing and team gold in London
22. Antonino Pizzolato: born in Castelvetrano in 1996, he won bronze in weightlifting, category -81kg, as a rookie
23. Ceccon, Martinenghi, Burdisso e Miressi: bronze medal in the men's mixed 4 × 100 relay
24. Vanessa Ferrari: born in Orzinuovi in ​​1990, she won a well-deserved silver medal in free body gymnastics. A lot of bad luck in his past but, at the same time, the right stubbornness. She is 30 years old and gave herself a dream
25. Gregorio Paltrinieri: bronze medal in 10 km swimming. No Italian had ever won one in the male field
26. Manfredi Rizza: born in Pavia in 1991, he won the silver medal in K1 200 meters
27. Elia Viviani: born in Isola della Scala in 1989, he is a bronze medalist in the Omnium
28. Viviana Bottaro: born in Genoa in 1987, she made her debut at the Olympics and won bronze in karate (kata)