This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Italy women's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.

The Italy women's national water polo team has participated in 4 of 5 official women's water polo tournaments.

Abbreviations Apps Appearances Rk Rank Ref Reference Cap No. Water polo cap number Pos Playing position FP Field player GK Goalkeeper ISHOF International Swimming Hall of Fame L/R Handedness L Left-handed R Right-handed Oly debut Olympic debut in water polo (C) Captain p. page pp. pages

Team statistics

Comprehensive results by tournament Note: Results of Olympic qualification tournaments are not included. Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Legend – Champions – Runners-up – Third place – Fourth place – Qualified for forthcoming tournament

Women's team 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 Years 1st 6th 7th 2nd 4 Total teams 6 8 8 8 8 10

Number of appearances Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Women's team Apps Recordstreak Activestreak Debut Mostrecent Best finish Confederation 4 4 4 2004 2016 Champions Europe – LEN

Best finishes Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Women's team Best finish Apps Confederation Champions (2004) 4 Europe – LEN

Finishes in the top four Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Women's team Total Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place First Last 2 1 (2004) 1 (2016) 2004 2016

Medal table Last updated: 5 May 2021.

Player statistics Multiple appearances

The following table is pre-sorted by number of Olympic appearances (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), date of birth (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.

Multiple medalists

The following table is pre-sorted by total number of Olympic medals (in descending order), number of Olympic gold medals (in descending order), number of Olympic silver medals (in descending order), year of receiving the last Olympic medal (in ascending order), year of receiving the first Olympic medal (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.

Top goalscorers

The following table is pre-sorted by number of total goals (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.

Goalkeepers

The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), cap number or name of the goalkeeper (in ascending order), respectively.

Last updated: 1 April 2021.

Abbreviation Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)

Year CapNo. Goalkeeper Birth Age Saves Shots Eff % ISHOFmember Note Ref 2004 1 Francesca Conti 32 39 72 54.2% Starting goalkeeper 5 Elena Gigli 19 0 0 — 2008 1 Elena Gigli (2) 23 40 79 50.6% Starting goalkeeper 13 Chiara Brancati 27 10 20 50.0% 2012 1 Elena Gigli (3) 27 56 105 53.3% Starting goalkeeper 13 Giulia Gorlero 21 3 6 50.0% 2016 1 Giulia Gorlero (2) 25 65 106 61.3% Starting goalkeeper 13 Laura Teani 25 0 2 0.0% Year CapNo. Goalkeeper Birth Age Saves Shots Eff % ISHOFmember Note Ref Source: Official Results Books (PDF): 2004 (pp. 72–73), 2008 (pp. 68–69), 2012 (pp. 362–363), 2016 (pp. 212–213).

Top sprinters The following table is pre-sorted by number of total sprints won (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), name of the sprinter (in ascending order), respectively.

* Number of sprinters (30+ sprints won): 0 Number of sprinters (20–29 sprints won): 1 Number of sprinters (10–19 sprints won): 0 Number of sprinters (5–9 sprints won): 1 Last updated: 15 May 2021.

Abbreviation Eff % – Efficiency (Sprints won / Sprints contested) HUN – Hungary ITA – Italy

+ Female players with 5 or more sprints won at the Olympics Rk Sprinter Birth Totalsprintswon Totalsprintscontested Eff % Water polo tournaments(sprints won / contested) Age offirst/last ISHOFmember Note Ref 1 2 3 4 5 1 Tania Di Mario 23 58 39.7% 2004(7/16) 2008(1/10) 2012(4/10) 2016(11/22) 25/37 2 Anikó Pelle 6 12 50.0% 2004HUN(6/9) 2008HUN(0/1) 2012ITA(0/2) 25/33 Source: Official Results Books (PDF): 2004 (pp. 72–73), 2008 (pp. 68–69), 2012 (pp. 362–363), 2016 (pp. 212–213).

Olympic champions

2004 Summer Olympics

Water polo people at the opening and closing ceremonies Flag bearers

Some sportspeople were chosen to carry the national flag of their country at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games. As of the 2016 Summer Olympics, one female water polo player was given the honour to carry the flag for Italy.

After winning gold in the women's tournament, Carmela Allucci, the captain of the Italian women's water polo team, carried the national flag of Italy at the closing ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics, becoming the first female water polo player to be given the honour.

Legend – Opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics – Closing ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics – Female flag bearer Flag bearer‡ – Flag bearer who won the tournament with her team

+ Water polo people who were flag bearers at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games # Year Country Flag bearer Birth Age Height Team Pos Water polo tournaments Period(age offirst/last) Medals Ref 1 2 3 4 5 G S B T 1 2004 C Italy Carmela Allucci‡ 34 FP 2004 0 years(34/34) 1 0 0 1

See also Italy men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics List of women's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics Lists of Olympic water polo records and statistics Italy at the Olympics

References

Sources

ISHOF

External links Italy women's national water polo team – Official website Olympic water polo – Official website