Sport in Sicily
Sport in Sicily developed at a high level only from the second post-war period onwards, although there are no lack of examples between the two wars, with different clubs in the major Italian leagues.
History
As for the athletes, the first Olympic medals concern fencing: the first gold at the Olympics is thanks to Francesco Gargano at the Antwerp 1920 Olympics in team saber fencing and then to Vincenzo Cuccia in Paris 1924.Olympic Games
Sicilian athletes at the Olympic Games won a total of 54 medals in 31 editions up to Rio de Janeiro 2016.These are the 20 gold medals won by Sicily at the Olympic Games, eleven of these in fencing: Francesco Gargano ; Giovanni Canova ; Pietro Speciale ; Vincenzo Cuccia ; Alberto Pellegrino ; Angelo Arcidiacono ; Giovanni Scalzo ; Maurizio Randazzo ; Guido Messina ; Sandro Campagna ; Paolo Caldarella ; Giusi Malato, Silvia Bosurgi, Cinzia Ragusa, Maddalena Musumeci ; Giorgio Avola ; Daniele Garozzo.
Team sports
The first championship in the national team championship was won in the 1977-78 season in volleyball by the team of Paoletti Catania.In team sports, the first championship dates back to 1978, with the conquest of the Italian men's volleyball championship by Paoletti Catania and, also in Catania, the national and European domination of Orizzonte Catania in the Italian women's water polo championship. In handball Syracuse is the host, winning three scudetti and two Italian cups in the men with Ortigia Syracuse and one scudetto in the women with EOS Syracuse. Scudetti also in Priolo, in women's basketball, with a European title won for Trogylos Priolo itself, in the canoe polo KST Syracuse, and in table tennis with the City of Syracuse.
Catania is the city with the highest number of league titles and international titles on the island.