
The IAAF Hall of Fame is a
hall of fame
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which was established by the
Italian Athletics Federation (, FIDAL) in 2012. The FIDAL Hall of Fame includes
Italian
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** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance languag ...
athlete
An athlete is most commonly a person who competes in one or more sports involving physical strength, speed, power, or endurance. Sometimes, the word "athlete" is used to refer specifically to sport of athletics competitors, i.e. including track ...
s who have excelled in the history of
athletics
Athletics may refer to:
Sports
* Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport
* Athletics (physical culture), competitio ...
and who meet certain criteria.
Criteria
The minimum criteria for an athlete to qualify for membership in the Hall of Fame are.
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# Athletes must have won at least one gold medal in the ]Summer Olympics
The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Summer Olympics or the Games of the Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inaugural Games took place in 1896 in Athens, then part of the King ...
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# Athletes must have won at least one gold medal in the World Athletics Championships
The World Athletics Championships, known as the IAAF World Championships in Athletics until 2019, are a biennial sport of athletics, athletics competition organized by World Athletics, formerly International Association of Athletics Federations ...
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# Athletes must have won at least one gold medal in the European Athletics Championships
The European Athletics Championships is a biennial (from 2010) athletics event organised by the European Athletic Association and is recognised as the elite continental outdoor athletics championships for Europe.
Editions
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# Athletes must have set at least one world record
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Still-active athletes are not included; gold medals won at the World Athletics Indoor Championships
The World Athletics Indoor Championships are a biennial indoor track and field competition served as the global championship for that version of the sport. Organised by the World Athletics, the competition was inaugurated as the ''World Indoor G ...
and European Athletics Indoor Championships
The European Athletics Indoor Championships is a biennial indoor track and field
Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skil ...
are also not included. The only athlete included unconditionally is marathon
The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of kilometres ( 26 mi 385 yd), usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There ...
runner Dorando Pietri
Dorando Pietri (; often wrongly spelt Petri; 16 October 1885 – 7 February 1942) was an Italian long-distance runner. He finished first in the marathon at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London but was subsequently disqualified.
Biography Early ...
.
Members
As of 26 August 2018, there are 42 members: 34 men and 8 women.
Other athletes who match the criteria
These athletes match the criteria, but at the moment they are not included because they are still active.
See also
*Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera
The Italian Athletics Federation (Italian language, Italian: ''Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera'', FIDAL), is the governing body for Athletics (sport), athletics in Italy since 1906.
The Italian Federation, founded on 21 October 1906, on ...
*Italy national athletics team
The Italy national athletics team represents Italy at the International athletics championships and games, international athletics competitions such as Summer Olympics, Olympic Games or IAAF World Championships in Athletics, world athletics champ ...
* Naturalized athletes of Italy
* IAAF Hall of Fame
References
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External links
Hall of Fame
at FIDAL web site
Sport Heroes (Athletics) - Italy
Sports halls of fame
Halls of fame in Italy
Sport in Italy
Athletics in Italy
Lists of track and field athletes
Sport of athletics awards
Awards established in 2012
Organizations established in 2012
Non-profit organisations based in Italy
2012 establishments in Italy