Centro Sportivo Esercito

The Centro Sportivo Esercito (sometimes known as Gruppo Sportivo Esercito or with the acronym CSE), is the sport section of the Italian Army.

Centro Sportivo Esercito
Sport17 disciplines
JurisdictionItaly
AbbreviationC.S. Esercito
Founded1960 (1960)
AffiliationCONI
HeadquartersRome
Official website
www.esercito.difesa.it

History

Centro Sportivo Esercito was born on 1 January 1960 on the occasion of the 1960 Summer Olympics that took place in Rome.[1]

Sections
  • Olympic Sports Center of the Italian Army
  • Alpine Training Centre - Sports Activities Department
  • Section Parachuting of the Centro Sportivo Esercito
  • Military Centre of Equestrianism
  • Section Powerboating of the 2° Reggimento Genio Pontieri

Sports

There are 17 disciplines and 5 sections.[2]

Notables athletes

Best results
Rachele Bruni silver medal in open water swimming at Rio 2016.
CompetitionAthleteEventMedal
Olympic Games
Rio de Janeiro 2016Fabio BasileJudo - 66 Kg Gold
Diana BacosiShooting - Skeet Gold
Odette GiuffridaJudo - 52 Kg Silver
Rachele BruniSwimming - 10 Km Silver
Frank ChamizoWrestling freestyle - 65 Kg Bronze
Francesca DallapèDiving - Synchro 3 m springboard Bronze
Gabriele DettiSwimming - 400 m Bronze
Swimming - 1500 m Bronze
Monica ContrafattoAthletics - 100 m T42 Bronze
London 2012Mauro SarmientoTaekwondo - 80 Kg Bronze
Beijing 2008Mauro SarmientoTaekwondo - 80 Kg Silver
World Champiuonships
Lienz 2016Mattia BusatoKarate - Individual kata Bronze
Las Vegas 2015Frank ChamizoWrestling freestyle - 65 Kg Gold
Bremen 2014Sara CardinKarate - Kumite 55 kg Gold
Shangai 2011Alice FrancoSwimming - Open water 25 Km Bronze
Fabio ScozzoliSwimming - 50 m breaststroke Silver
Rome 2009Valerio CleriSwimming - Open water 25 Km Gold
European Championships
Novi Sad 2017Frank ChamizoWrestling freestyle 70 Kg Gold
Kocaeli 2017Sara CardinKarate - Kumite 55 kg Silver
Mattia BusatoKarate - Team kata Gold
Karate - Individual kata Bronze
Split 2017Mirko ZanniWeightlifting - Snatch 69 Kg Silver
Amsterdam 2016Veronica Ingleseathletics - Half marathon Silver
Hoorn 2016Simone RuffiniOpen water swimming - Team 5 km Gold
Osijej 2013Giuseppe GiordanoShooting - 50 m pistol Gold
Turin 2011Noemi BatkiDiving - 10 m platform Gold
Barcelona 2010Daniele MeucciAthletics - 10,000 m Bronze
Eindhoven 2009Elisa CusmaAthletics - 800 m Bronze

See also

References
  1. "Centro Sportivo Esercito (CSE)" (in Italian). esercito.difesa.it. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  2. "Esercito - Lo Sport" (in Italian). esercito.difesa.it. Archived from the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
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