Daniele De Rossi is a former Italian professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder and is currently manager of Serie B side SPAL. He is mostly known for his time playing with his hometown club Roma in Serie A, as well as a former FIFA World Cup-winning Italian international.
Fabio Quagliarella is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Sampdoria, whom he captains.
This page details football records and statistics in Italy.
Alessandro Del Piero is an Italian former professional footballer who mainly played as a deep-lying forward, although he was capable of playing in several offensive positions. Since 2015, he has worked as a pundit for Sky Sport Italia. A technically gifted and creative supporting forward who was also a free-kick specialist, Del Piero is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation and as one of the best Italian players of all time. He won the Serie A Italian Footballer of the Year award in 1998 and 2008 and received multiple nominations for the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year.
Davide Santon is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a left wing-back.
Kalidou Koulibaly is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Chelsea and the Senegal national team.
Fabio Scozzoli is an Italian swimmer. At the 2012 World Short Course Championships, he won the gold medal in the 100 metre breaststroke. He is the 2022 Mediterranean champion in the 50 metre breaststroke.
Gregorio Paltrinieri is an Italian competitive swimmer. He is the Olympic and world long course and short course champion and three-times European long course champion in the 1500 m freestyle event at the 2012, 2014 and 2016 European Aquatics Championships, and two-times European long course champion in the 800 m freestyle event. Paltrinieri is a former 1500 m freestyle world record holder. He also holds the long course European records in the 800 m and 1500 m freestyle events with times of 7:39.27 and 14:32.80.
Matteo Pessina is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. He is captain of Serie A club Monza, on loan from Atalanta, and plays for the Italy national team.
Alessandro Miressi is an Italian swimmer. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, winning a silver medal, and in Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay, winning a bronze medal.
Nicolò Martinenghi is an Italian swimmer. He competed in the men's 100 metre breaststroke at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships. He won the bronze medal in the 100 metre breaststroke at the 2020 Summer Olympics. At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, he won the gold medal in the 100 metre breaststroke and the 4×100 metre medley relay and the silver medal in the 50 metre breaststroke.
Benedetta Pilato is an Italian swimmer. She is the world record holder in the long course 50 metre breaststroke. She is the European champion in the 50 metre breaststroke in 2021 and the 100 metre breaststroke in 2022 as well as the silver medalist in the 50 metre breaststroke in 2022. In 2021, she won a silver medal in the 50 metre breaststroke at the 2021 World Short Course Championships. She is the world champion in the 100 metre breaststroke and the silver medal in the 50 metre breaststroke at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships.
The 2022 European Aquatics Championships took place in Rome, Italy, from 11 to 21 August 2022. The event exactly coincided with, but was not officially part of, the 2022 European Championships. This diverged from the joined format of the 2018 edition, which was held as part of the inaugural 2018 European Championships.
Michele Lamberti is a competitive Italian swimmer. He is a world record holder in the short course 4×50-metre medley relay. He also currently holds the Italian record in the short course 50-metre backstroke. At the 2021 European Short Course Championships he won a gold medal and set a world record in the 4×50-metre medley relay, won three silver medals, one in the 50-metre backstroke, one in the 100-metre butterfly, and one in the 4×50-metre mixed medley relay, and won a bronze medal in the 200-metre backstroke. At the 2021 World Short Course Championships he won two bronze medals in relay events, swimming in the prelims heats for each relay.
Alba Vázquez Ruiz is a Spanish swimmer who specializes in breaststroke and individual medley events. She won the bronze medal in the 400 metre individual medley at the 2022 Mediterranean Games. At the 2019 European Junior Championships she won a gold medal in the 400 metre individual medley. She won one gold medal and one silver medal at the 2019 World Junior Championships in individual medley events. She is a former world junior record holder in the 400 metre individual medley.
Alessandro Pinzuti is an Italian competitive swimmer. He won a gold medal in the 4×100 metre medley relay at the 2022 Mediterranean Games, swimming breaststroke in the final, as well as the bronze medal in the 100 metre breaststroke. At the 2020 European Aquatics Championships, he won a bronze medal as part of the 4×100 metre medley relay, placed seventh in the 100 metre breaststroke and eighth in the 50 metre breaststroke. At the 2017 World Junior Swimming Championships he won a silver medal in the 50 metre breaststroke and 4×100 metre medley relay. He also won a silver medal in the 50 metre breaststroke and a bronze medal in the 100 metre breaststroke at the 2017 European Junior Championships.
Dario Verani is an Italian competitive open water swimmer. At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, he won the world title and gold medal in the 25 kilometre open water swim. He was champion in the 5 kilometre open water swim at the inaugural Mediterranean Beach Games in 2015.
Lorenzo Galossi is an Italian competitive swimmer. He is the world junior record and European junior record holder in the long course 800-metre freestyle and the European junior record holder in the long course 400-metre freestyle. At the 2022 European Junior Swimming Championships, he won medals in three individual events, the gold medal each in the 400-metre freestyle and the 800-metre freestyle and the silver medal in the 200-metre freestyle. At the 2022 European Aquatics Championships, he won the bronze medal in the 800-metre freestyle.
Dávid Betlehem is a Hungarian competitive pool and open water swimmer. At the 2020 European Aquatics Championships, he won a bronze medal in the 5 kilometre open water team relay. He won the silver medal in the 1500-metre freestyle at the 2021 European Junior Swimming Championships. At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, he won a silver medal in the open water 4×1500-metre team relay.
The Women's 25 km competition of the 2022 European Aquatics Championships were held on 20 August.
