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Giuliana Salce

Giuliana Salce (born 1955) is an Italian race walker, 1985 World Indoor 3000 m walk winner (12:53.42) and 1987 silver medallist (12:36.76), holder of the Italian 5000 m walk best 21:35.25 and a pioneer of Italian women's race walking.

Giuliano Alesi

Giuliano Alesi (ジュリアーノ・アレジ), born 1999, French racing driver, son of Jean Alesi; ex-Ferrari Academy, F2 2019-2020, Super GT GT500 winner with TOM'S, 2026 KCMG Super Formula and Le Mans debutant.

Giuliano Razzoli

Giuliano Razzoli, "Razzo del circo bianco", Italian alpine skier born 1984; 2010 Vancouver Olympic slalom gold (1:39.32), third Italian Olympic slalom champion after Gros and Tomba; 2014 DNF, 2022 8th.

Giuliano Simeone

Giuliano Simeone (Giuliano Simeone Baldini), Argentine winger born 2002 in Rome, son of Diego Simeone; Atlético Madrid academy graduate, loaned to Zaragoza and Alavés, first-team regular since 2024, Argentina 2026 World Cup squad member.

Giulio Basletta

Giulio Basletta (1890-1975) was an Italian épée fencer from Vigevano who won team épée bronze at Paris 1924 and gold at Amsterdam 1928, was Italian individual champion in 1922, and led the Italian Fencing Federation 1940-1943.

Giulio Cappelli

Giulio Cappelli (1911-1995), Italian left-winger and coach; captain of Italy's all-amateur gold-medal football squad at the 1936 Berlin Olympics; scored once against Japan before a knee injury ended his tournament; later coached Inter Milan twice.

Giulio Gaudini

Giulio Gaudini (1904-1948), Italian fencer from Rome, dominant foil and sabre fencer of the 1920s-1930s; nine Olympic medals including individual foil gold at Berlin 1936, plus 17 world championship medals.

Giulio Sarrocchi

Giulio Sarrocchi was an Italian sabre specialist from Roma, winning the men's team gold at Paris 1924 and silver in Amsterdam 1928.

Giuseppe Abbagnale

Giuseppe Abbagnale (born 1959, Pompei), Italian rower who with brother Carmine and cox Di Capua won Olympic coxed pair gold 1984 and 1988, silver 1992, and seven world titles, later president of the Italian Rowing Federation.

Giuseppe Baldo

Giuseppe Baldo (1914-2007), Italian right centre-half; won football gold with Italy at Berlin 1936, played all four matches; Lazio midfielder 1935-1942; later FIGC secretary 1943-46.

Giuseppe Beghetto

Giuseppe Beghetto (born 8 October 1939, Tombolo, Italy) is a track cyclist, 1960 Rome Olympic tandem gold medalist with Sergio Bianchetto and three-time professional world sprint champion (1965, 1966, 1968).

Giuseppe D'altrui

Giuseppe 'Geppino' D'Altrui (1934-2024), Italian water polo player, captain of the Settebello gold medalists at the 1960 Rome Olympics; also 1956 and 1964 Olympian, 75 caps, later coach, ISHOF 2010 with son Marco.

Giuseppe Delfino

Giuseppe Delfino (1921–1999) was an Italian épée fencer who won four Olympic golds and two silvers from 1952 to 1964, including individual épée gold at Rome 1960, plus six world team titles.

Giuseppe di Capua

Giuseppe Di Capua (Peppiniello), born 1958 in Salerno, is Italy's most decorated rowing coxswain: two Olympic golds (1984, 1988) and a silver (1992) steering the Abbagnale brothers' coxed pair, plus seven world titles and a para-rowing comeback.

Giuseppe Domenichelli

Giuseppe Domenichelli (1887-1955), Italian artistic gymnast of S.G. Fortitudo Bologna; won men's team Olympic gold at Stockholm 1912 and Antwerp 1920, later a 1932 Olympic jury member and 1936 national coach.

Giuseppe Gentile

Giuseppe Gentile (born 1943, Rome) is an Italian triple jumper, great-grandson of philosopher Giovanni Gentile, who set two triple jump world records (17.10, 17.22) at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics yet won bronze, later played Jason in Pasolini's Medea; distinct from the 1879–1959 diplomat of the same name.

Giuseppe Maddaloni

Giuseppe 'Pino' Maddaloni, born 1976 in Naples, Italian judoka, Olympic gold medalist in -73 kg at Sydney 2000, beating Tiago Camilo by ippon; European champion 1998 and 1999; son of coach Gianni Maddaloni of Scampia's Star Judo Club.

Giuseppe Meazza

Giuseppe Meazza (Peppin, Il Balilla), Italian forward born Milan 1910, died Monza 1979; Inter record scorer (284 goals), 53 caps and 33 goals for Italy, World Cup winner 1934 and 1938, captain in 1938; San Siro named after him in 1980.

Giuseppe Moioli

Giuseppe Moioli (1927–2025), Italian rower, Moto Guzzi club; Olympic gold in coxless fours at London 1948 with Morille, Invernizzi, Faggi; five European titles; later coach; oldest living Italian Olympic medalist at death.

Giuseppe Olmo

Giuseppe Olmo (Gepin), Italian cyclist (1911-1992): 1932 Olympic team road race gold, 1935 hour record of 45.090 km, two Milano-Sanremo wins, and founder of the Olmo bicycle and polyurethane industrial group.

Giuseppe Paris

Giuseppe Paris (1895-1968), nicknamed Pinin, Italian artistic gymnast from Milan; two Olympic team golds (Antwerp 1920, Paris 1924), sixth with the team in 1928, later coach and 1948 Olympic judge.

Giuseppe Porzio

Giuseppe Porzio, known as Pino, is an Italian water polo player and coach, born in 1967 in Napoli, who won Olympic gold with Italy at Barcelona 1992.

Giuseppe Ravano

Giuseppe Ravano (born 1943, Rapallo) is an Italian eventing rider, Olympic team gold medalist at Tokyo 1964 on Royal Love; DNF at Mexico City 1968 on Lord Jim; CONI Collare d'Oro 2015.

Giuseppe Rossi

Giuseppe Rossi, born 1987 in Teaneck, New Jersey, Italian striker of Manchester United, Villarreal (82 goals), Fiorentina and Italy (30 caps, 7 goals); four ACL ruptures; retired 22 July 2023, later New York Cosmos sporting director.

Giuseppe Tonani

Giuseppe Tonani (Ercole Proletario), Italian weightlifter, 1890-1971; 1924 Paris Olympic heavyweight gold medalist (517.5 kg) and 1920 Antwerp tug-of-war competitor; eight-time Italian champion.

Giusi Malato

Giusi Malato (Giusi Letizia Malato, born 1971, Catania) is an Italian water polo centre forward, 2004 Athens Olympic gold medalist with the Setterosa, 14-time Italian champion with Orizzonte, and later a pioneering coach.

Givairo Read

Givairo Read (born 2006, Amsterdam) is a Dutch right-back for Feyenoord, number 26, formerly of FC Volendam; Netherlands U19 European champion, contract to 2029, linked with Bayern and Roma.

Givi K ' Art ' Ozia

Givi K'art'ozia (Givi Kartozia, გივი კარტოზია), Georgian Greco-Roman wrestler for the USSR; 1956 Olympic middleweight champion, 1960 bronze at light-heavyweight, world champion 1953, 1955, 1958.

Giygas (ギーグ)

Giygas (ギーグ, also Giegue) is the final boss of EarthBound (Mother 2, 1994), an alien overlord whose power destroyed his mind and form; he is defeated by Paula's nine prayers, the last reaching the player, and was inspired by a childhood trauma of creator Shigesato Itoi.

GKS Katowice

GKS Katowice (Górniczy Klub Sportowy Katowice, GieKSa) is a Polish multi-section sports club founded 27 February 1964 in Katowice, gold-green-black colors, known for men's football (Ekstraklasa since 2024), women's football (Polish champions 2023, 2025), and ice hockey (8 Polish titles).