The Italian Athletics Federation (, 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.
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 Italianaon 21 October 1906F.P.I. This year is considered to be the foundation year of the federation, upon the initiative of La Gazzetta dello Sport. Italian Running Union 8 October 1909 FISA Federazione Italiana Sports Atletici Italian Athletic Sports Federation From 21 December 1924 to 27 May 1925 some sports clubs broke away forming the Unione Italiana Sports Atletici (UISA). 12 December 1926 FIDAL Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera Italian Athletics Federation From 1923 to 1928 the female activity was organized by the Federazione Italiana Atletica Femminile (FIAF).
Presidents Election Assembly President1926-1927 Alberto Buriani 1927-1929 Leandro Arpinati 1929-1930 Augusto Turati 1930-1943 Luigi Ridolfi 1943 Gaetano Simoni1944 Gaetano Simoni1944 Virgilio Tommasi1945 Angelo Vigani18.2.1946 Assembly of Florence Bruno Zauli10.3.1957 Assembly of Milan Luigi Ridolfi31.5.1958 Vice president Gaetano Simoni22.2.1959 Assembly of Trento Gaetano Simoni5.3.1961 Assembly of Ischia Giosuè Poli8.4.1969 Vice president Vittorio Brunori7.12.1969 Assembly of Rome Primo Nebiolo8.2.1989 Vice president Adriano Rossi23.4.1989 Assembly of Florence Gianni Gola29.11.1992 Assembly of Isernia Gianni Gola20.11.1994 Assembly of Rome Gianni Gola17.11.1996 Assembly of Rimini Gianni Gola8.12.1998 Assembly of Ferrara Gianni Gola28.1.2001 Assembly of Chianciano Terme Gianni Gola27.11.2004 Assembly of Chianciano Terme Franco Arese23.11.2008 Assembly of Turin Franco Arese2.12.2012 Assembly of Milan Alfio Giomi31.1.2021 Assembly of Rome Stefano Mei
Technical Directors Since 1920 the technical directors of the Italian national team have been the following.
Period Men Women Only1920 Platt Adams 1921-1923 Matilde Candiani 1924 Emilio Lunghi Anita Podestà Vivarelli1925-1926Massimo Cartasegna 1927-1928Jeno Gaspar 1932 Adolfo Contoli 1929-1935 Marina Zanetti1933-1934Ove AndersenMartti JarvinenPaavo KarikkoVeikko Renko 1935-1939 Boyd Comstock1946-1947 Lidia Bongiovanni1946-1961 Giorgio Oberweger 1962-1963 Lauro BononciniAugusto Lorenzoni1964-1968 Giorgio Oberweger1969 Sandro Calvesi Marcello Pagani1970 Marcello Pagani1971-1974 Bruno Cacchi1975-1986 Enzo Rossi Sandro Giovannelli 1987-1988 Enzo Rossi Elio Locatelli 1989-1994 Elio Locatelli1995-2000 Giampaolo Lenzi Dino Ponchio 2001-2004 Roberto Frinolli Augusto D'Agostino 2005-2007 Nicola Silvaggi2008-2012 Franceco Uguagliati2013-2016 Massimo Magnani2017-2018 Elio Locatelli2019–present Antonio La Torre
See also Italy national athletics team Athletics in Italy FIDAL Hall of Fame Naturalized athletes of Italy
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