A record-breaking 2022. Never in history had Italian sport won so much at Olympic, world and continental levels. Finding oneself once again on the podium of the most successful countries after a 2021 to be framed, with the 40 medals won at the Tokyo Olympic Games, was by no means a foregone conclusion, but the tricolour successes went even beyond expectations.

The well-deserved celebration of Italian sports was celebrated yesterday at CONI, the venue for the Collari d'Oro award ceremony. On stage were CONI President Giovanni Malagò, Italian Paralympic Committee President Luca Pancalli and Minister for Sport and Youth Andrea Abodi, who presented the highest honor of Italian sport to the honorees.

At the opening, CONI President Giovanni Malagò celebrated the successes of a 2022 opened by the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, an edition full of satisfaction for Italy with 17 medals, the second best result in history after Lillehammer 1994 when the Italian expedition won 20 podiums.

This is the complete list of gold collar awardees.

Arianna Fontana (Short Track, Olympic 500 m Champion), Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner (Curling, Olympic Mixed Doubles Champions), Benedetta Pilato (Swimming, World Champion 100 m Breaststroke), Gregorio Paltrinieri (Swimming, World Champion 1500 m Freestyle and 10 km Cross-Country), Thomas Ceccon (Swimming, Champion and World Record Holder 100 m Backstroke and Men's 4x100 m Mixed Relay), Nicolò Martinenghi (Swimming, World Champion 100 m Breaststroke and 4x100 m Mixed Men's), Federico Burdisso (Swimming, World Champion 4x100 m Mixed Men's), Alessandro Miressi (Swimming, World Champion 4x100 m Mixed Men's), Piero Codia (Swimming, World Champion 4x100 m Mixed Men's), Lorenzo Zazzeri (Swimming, World Champion 4x100 m Mixed Men's), Arianna Errigo (Fencing, World Champion Women's Foil Team), Alice Volpi (Fencing, World Champion Women's Foil Team), Martina Favaretto (Fencing, World Champion Women's Foil Team), Francesca Palumbo (Fencing, World Champion Women's Foil Team), Daniele Garozzo (Fencing, World Champion Men's Foil Team), Tommaso Marini (Fencing, Men's Foil World Team Champion), Alessio Foconi (Fencing, Men's Foil World Team Champion), Guillaume Bianchi (Fencing, Men's Foil World Team Champion), Elena Micheli (Modern Pentathlon, Individual World Champion), Ruggero Tita and Caterina Marianna Banti (Sailing, Nacra 17 World Champions), Marta Maggetti (Sailing, iQFOiL World Champion), Simone Anzani (Volleyball, World Champion), Fabio Balaso (Volleyball, World Champion), Mattia Bottolo (Volleyball, World Champion), Gianluca Galassi (Volleyball, World Champion), Simone Giannelli (Volleyball, World Champion), Daniele Lavia (Volleyball, World Champion), Alessandro Michieletto (Volleyball, World Champion), Leandro Ausibio Mosca (Volleyball, World Champion), Giulio Pinali (Volleyball, World Champion), Francesco Recine (Volleyball, World Champion), Yuri Romanò (Volleyball, World Champion), Roberto Russo (Volleyball, World Champion), Riccardo Sbertoli (Volleyball, World Champion), Leonardo Scanferla (Volleyball, World Champion), Sofia Raffaeli (Rhythmic Gymnastics, World Champion Individual General Competition), Diana Bacosi (Volleyball, World Individual Skeet Champion), Filippo Ganna (Track Cycling, World Hour Record Holder), Elisa Balsamo (Track Cycling, World Women's Team Pursuit Champion), Martina Fidanza (Track Cycling, World Women's Team Pursuit Champion), Martina Alzini (Track Cycling, World Women's Team Pursuit Champion), Chiara Consonni (Track Cycling, Women's Team Pursuit World Champion), Vittoria Guazzini (Track Cycling, Women's Team Pursuit World Champion), Sonny Colbrelli (Winner of Paris-Roubaix 2021, absent last year), Andrea Verona (EnduroGP, E1 World Champion), Francesco Bagnaia (MotoGP, World Champion).

Gold Collar in Paralympic Sports.

Giacomo Bertagnolli and guide Andrea Ravelli (Alpine Skiing, Paralympic Champions Super Combined VI and Slalom VI), Gaia Maragno (Swimming, Deaflympics Champion 50 m Breaststroke), Sara Maragno (Swimming, Deaflympics Champion 50 m Butterfly), Federico Tamborrino (Swimming, Deaflympics 800 m Freestyle Champion), Matteo Masetti (Athletics, Deaflympics Javelin Throw Champion), Vincenza Petrilli (Para Archery, Women's Olympic Open Individual and Open Mixed Team Champion), Stefano Travisani (Para Archery, World Champion Open Mixed Team), Alberto Amodeo (Swimming, World Champion 400 m Freestyle S8), Stefano Raimondi (Swimming, World Champion 100 m Breaststroke SB9, 200 m Mixed Individual SM10, Mixed Freestyle Relay 4x100 m 34 points), Francesco Bocciardo (Swimming, World Champion 50 m Freestyle S5, 200 m Freestyle S5, 100 m Freestyle S5), Efrem Morelli (Swimming, World Champion 50 m Breaststroke SB3), Antonio Fantin (Swimming, World Champion 100 m Freestyle S6 and Mixed Freestyle Relay 4x100 m 34 points), Xenia Francesca Palazzo (Swimming, World Champion 100 m Backstroke S8, 200 m Individual Mixed SM8, Mixed Freestyle Relay 4x100 m 34 points), Simone Barlaam (Swimming, World Champion 100 m Butterfly, 50 m and 400 m Freestyle and 100 m Backstroke S9, Mixed Freestyle Relay 4x100 m 34 points), Monica Boggioni (Swimming, World Champion 200 m Individual Mixed SM5), Giulia Terzi (Swimming, World Champion Mixed Freestyle Relay 4x100 m 34 points), Riccardo Menciotti (Swimming, World Champion Free Style Mixed Relay 4x100 m 34 points), Alessia Scortechini (Swimming, World Champion Free Style Mixed Relay 4x100 m 34 points), Sara Morganti (Horseback Riding, World Champion Free Style, Grade I), Paolo Cecchetto (Handbike, World Champion Time Trial Category H3), Fabrizio Cornegliani (Handbike, World Champion Time Trial Category H1), Giada Rossi (Table Tennis, World Champion Women's Doubles WD5), Michela Brunelli (Table Tennis, World Champion Women's Doubles WD5).