Governing body for athletics in 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]
Presidents
Technical Directors
Since 1920 the technical directors of the Italian national team have been the following.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "La storia della Fidal" (in Italian). coni.it. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
- ^ F.P.I. This year is considered to be the foundation year of the federation, upon the initiative of La Gazzetta dello Sport.
- ^ From 21 December 1924 to 27 May 1925 some sports clubs broke away forming the Unione Italiana Sports Atletici (UISA).
- ^ From 1923 to 1928 the female activity was organized by the Federazione Italiana Atletica Femminile (FIAF).
- ^ "Fidal, Stefano Mei nuovo presidente: "L'atletica è gioia, ora discontinuità"" (in Italian). gazzetta.it. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ "Annuario FIDAL dell'atletica 2010" (PDF) (in Italian). asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
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