Fiamme Oro

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Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Oro
Sport39 disciplines
JurisdictionItaly
AbbreviationG.S. Fiamme Oro
Founded1954 (1954)
AffiliationCONI
HeadquartersRome
PresidentFrancesco Montini
Official website
poliziadistato.it

The Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Oro is the sport section of the Italian police force Polizia di Stato.

The color of the competition jerseys of the athletes of the Fiamme Oro is crimson, therefore the athletes of the sports group are sometimes called cremisi (Italian for crimson).[1]

History

In 1949, men were being trained for mountain service at the Alpine School of the Public Security Guards in San Candido. At this time, the Austrian Gendarmerie were organizing cross-country skiing races for border police. For this reason, a sports team was created so the personnel could participate in these races and promote competitive sporting activity, including among children, to enhance the national sporting heritage. Years later, the Fiamme Oro was officially founded on August 12, 1954.[2]

At the 1956 Summer Olympics, Ermanno Pignatti became the first Fiamme Oro athlete to win an Olympic medal, winning bronze in weightlifting (middleweight).[2]

In 1981, after a reform, the Fiamme Oro switched from being the Public Security Guards Corps to being the State Police Sports Group.[2]

In 2012, the Fiamme Oro signed an agreement with the Italian Paralympic Committee to include disabled athletes in the group.[3]

As of the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, 233 Fiamme Oro athletes have won medals at the Olympics (128 at the Summer Olympics, 74 at the Summer Paralympics, 28 at the Winter Olympics, and 3 at the Winter Paralympics).[4]

Greatest athletes

Summer sportsWinter sportsParalympic sports
Athletics
Boxing
Fencing
Gymnastics
Modern pentathlon
Rowing
Shooting
Swimming
Weightlifting
 Alpine skiing
Cross-country skiing
Figure skating
Speed skating
Curling
 Para-swimming
Wheelchair fencing
Para alpine skiing
Para-snowboarding

Medal table

As of the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics [4]

Event
Summer Olympic Games 46 31 51
Winter Olympic Games 8 5 15
Summer Paralympic Games 23 22 29
Winter Paralympic Games 2 1 0
Sprinter Marcell Jacobs, two-time gold medalist as individual and with the team at 2020 Summer Olympics, here in the cremisi jersey of Fiamme Oro.
Wheelchair fencer Bebe Vio, two-time Paralympic champion at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020.
Olympic gold medalist gymnast, Alice D'Amato, wearing her Fiamme Oro jacket at an awards ceremony.

See also

References

  1. "Fiamme Oro Rugby, i Cremisi in semifinale di Coppa Italia" (in Italian). ilfaroonline.it. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  2. "La storia delle Fiamme oro" [The history of the Fiamme Oro]. Polizia di Stato (in Italian). November 17, 2011.
  3. "Convenzione tra il comitato italiano paralimpico ed i gruppi sportivi della polizia di stato Fiamme Oro" [Agreement between the Italian Paralympic Committee and the Fiamme Oro state police sports groups] (PDF) (in Italian). March 12, 2012.
  4. "Medagliere olimpico delle Fiamme oro" [Olympic medal table of the Fiamme Oro]. Polizia di Stato (in Italian).