The Most Famous
MARTIAL ARTS from Italy
This page contains a list of the greatest Italian Martial Arts. The pantheon dataset contains 179 Martial Arts, 2 of which were born in Italy. This makes Italy the birth place of the 19th most number of Martial Arts behind North Korea, and New Zealand.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Italian Martial Arts of all time. This list of famous Italian Martial Arts is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Girolamo Giovinazzo (b. 1968)
With an HPI of 45.38, Girolamo Giovinazzo is the most famous Italian Martial Arts. His biography has been translated into 18 different languages on wikipedia.
Girolamo Giovinazzo (born 10 September 1968) is an Italian judoka who won two Olympic medals, in 1996 and 2000.
2. Anzhelika Terliuga (b. 1992)
With an HPI of 40.12, Anzhelika Terliuga is the 2nd most famous Italian Martial Arts. Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Anzhelika Terliuga (Ukrainian: Анжеліка Володимирівна Терлюга, born March 23, 1992) is a Ukrainian karateka competing in the kumite -55 kg division.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Italian martial arts born between 1968 and 1992. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Italian martial arts include Girolamo Giovinazzo, and Anzhelika Terliuga. As of April 2024, 1 new Italian martial arts have been added to Pantheon including Anzhelika Terliuga.