A year of thrills, a year of triumphs, a year of medals. 2024 closes as a historic chapter for Italian sport, with the Azzurri shining both at senior and youth level.

Just hours before the arrival of 2025, it is time to take stock. The numbers show an Italia Team excelling across all rankings: third for number of podiums (across the Olympic Games, World Championships, European Championships, World Cup stages and international tournaments), behind the United States and France – one position better than in 2023; fourth worldwide (up two places from the previous year) and second in Europe for victories. Italia Team is also third for the number of athletes placed among the top eight across all competitions held this year. It reflects the strength of a thriving and victorious multisport movement, starting from the highlight of the year: Paris 2024, the best Olympics in the history of Italia Team.

40 medals (12 golds, 13 silvers, and 15 bronzes), the same number as the record set in Tokyo 2020 but with two more golds (10 to 12) and three more silvers (10 to 13). The ninth-place finish in the medal table confirms our country’s place among the world’s sporting elite (seventh overall in terms of podiums, third in Europe behind Great Britain and host nation France). Since the last four days of Rio 2016, Italy has never been off the Olympic podium. This streak continued in Tokyo and Paris (photo: Simone Ferraro CONI), reaching 36 consecutive days, and remaining open ahead of the next major summer target: Los Angeles 2028.

The year began with the Olympic Games – the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Gangwon (South Korea), where, for the first time in any Olympic event, senior or junior, Italia Team won the overall medal table (a day in advance) with a record number of gold medals (11): a feat never before achieved by any other country in the history of the Winter Youth Olympic Games.

But the Tricolour was not only flown proudly under the five rings. From the world title of judoka Odette Giuffrida to the dominance of sailors Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti in the Nacra 17, from the world championship victories of Simona Quadarella (swimming) and Francesco Fortunato and Valentina Trapletti (race walking) to what proved to be the finest season in the history of Italian tennis, culminating in Italy’s triumphs both in the men’s Davis Cup and the women’s Billie Jean King Cup.

And then the multiple European titles, the World Cup successes, and the great results collected on snow and ice by athletes moving confidently towards the next five-ringed milestone; the home Olympics: Milano Cortina 2026. We celebrate the achievements of today and work towards the triumphs of tomorrow, always with the passion for sport and the Azzurra shirt.