Italian Athletics Federation

Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera
Sport Athletics
JurisdictionItaly
AbbreviationFIDAL
Founded21 October 1906 (21 October 1906)
AffiliationWorld Athletics
Affiliation date1913
Regional affiliationEuropean Athletics
HeadquartersRome
PresidentStefano Mei
Official website
www.fidal.it
Italy

The Italian Athletics Federation (Italian: Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera, FIDAL), is the governing body for athletics in Italy since 1906.

The Italian Federation, founded on 21 October 1906, on initiative of La Gazzetta dello Sport, as Federazione Podistica Italiana (FPI), has been recognised by International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF), now World Athletics, since its Berlin Congress in 1913.

History

FIDAL assumed its current name in 1926, previously it was as described in the following table.[1]

Date Initials Full name English translation Notes
4 August 1897 UPT Unione Podistica Torinese Turinese Running Union
1 April 1899 UPI Unione Podistica Italiana,
then Federazione Podistica Italiana
on 21 October 1906[2] 		Italian Running Union
8 October 1909 FISA Federazione Italiana Sports Atletici Italian Athletic Sports Federation [3]
12 December 1926 FIDAL Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera Italian Athletics Federation [4]

Presidents

Election Assembly President
1926 - 1927 Alberto Buriani
1927 - 1929 Leandro Arpinati
1929 - 1930 Augusto Turati
1930 - 1943 Luigi Ridolfi
1943 Gaetano Simoni
1944 Gaetano Simoni
1944 Virgilio Tommasi
1945 Angelo Vigani
18.2.1946 Assembly of Florence Bruno Zauli
10.3.1957 Assembly of Milan Luigi Ridolfi
31.5.1958 Vice president Gaetano Simoni
22.2.1959 Assembly of Trento Gaetano Simoni
5.3.1961 Assembly of Ischia Giosuè Poli
8.4.1969 Vice president Vittorio Brunori
7.12.1969 Assembly of Rome Primo Nebiolo
8.2.1989 Vice president Adriano Rossi
23.4.1989 Assembly of Florence Gianni Gola
29.11.1992 Assembly of Isernia Gianni Gola
20.11.1994 Assembly of Rome Gianni Gola
17.11.1996 Assembly of Rimini Gianni Gola
8.12.1998 Assembly of Ferrara Gianni Gola
28.1.2001 Assembly of Chianciano Terme Gianni Gola
27.11.2004 Assembly of Chianciano Terme Franco Arese
23.11.2008 Assembly of Turin Franco Arese
2.12.2012 Assembly of Milan Alfio Giomi
31.1.2021 Assembly of Rome Stefano Mei[5]

Technical Directors

Since 1920 the technical directors of the Italian national team have been the following.[6]

Period Men Women Only
1920 Platt Adams
1921-1923 Matilde Candiani
1924 Emilio Lunghi Anita Podestà Vivarelli
1925-1926 Massimo Cartasegna
1927-1928 Jeno Gaspar
1932 Adolfo Contoli
1929-1935 Marina Zanetti
1933-1934 Ove Andersen
Martti Jarvinen
Paavo Karikko
Veikko Renko
1935-1939 Boyd Comstock
1946-1947 Lidia Bongiovanni
1946-1961 Giorgio Oberweger
1962-1963 Lauro Bononcini Augusto Lorenzoni
1964-1968 Giorgio Oberweger
1969 Sandro Calvesi Marcello Pagani
1970 Marcello Pagani
1971-1974 Bruno Cacchi
1975-1986 Enzo Rossi Sandro Giovannelli
1987-1988 Enzo Rossi Elio Locatelli
1989-1994 Elio Locatelli
1995-2000 Giampaolo Lenzi Dino Ponchio
2001-2004 Roberto Frinolli Augusto D'Agostino
2005-2007 Nicola Silvaggi
2008-2012 Franceco Uguagliati
2013-2016 Massimo Magnani
2017-2018 Elio Locatelli
2019–present Antonio La Torre

See also

References

  1. ^ "La storia della Fidal" (in Italian). coni.it. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  2. ^ F.P.I. This year is considered to be the foundation year of the federation, upon the initiative of La Gazzetta dello Sport.
  3. ^ From 21 December 1924 to 27 May 1925 some sports clubs broke away forming the Unione Italiana Sports Atletici (UISA).
  4. ^ From 1923 to 1928 the female activity was organized by the Federazione Italiana Atletica Femminile (FIAF).
  5. ^ "Fidal, Stefano Mei nuovo presidente: "L'atletica è gioia, ora discontinuità"" (in Italian). gazzetta.it. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Annuario FIDAL dell'atletica 2010" (PDF) (in Italian). asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021.