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The Italian Athletics Federation (
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: ''Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera'', FIDAL), is the governing body for
athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...
in
Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
since 1906. The Italian Federation, founded on 21 October 1906, on initiative of ''
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'', as Federazione Podistica Italiana (FPI), has been recognised by
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(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.


Presidents


Technical Directors

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


See also

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Italy national athletics team The Italy national athletics team represents Italy at the international athletics competitions such as Olympic Games or world athletics championships. Medal count When there is updated to 31 January 2022. Caps Updated at the 2013 Mediterrane ...
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Athletics in Italy Athletics in Italy is the 7th most popular participation sport, practiced by 995,000 people. Affiliations The governing body of Athletics in Italy is Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera affiliated to European federation, the European Athleti ...
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FIDAL Hall of Fame The IAAF Hall of Fame is a hall of fame which was established by the FIDAL (''Italian Athletics Federation'') in 2012. The FIDAL Hall of Fame includes Italian athletes who have excelled in the history of athletics and that match some criteria. C ...
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Naturalized athletes of Italy The Naturalized athletes of Italy are those naturalization, naturalized citizens who are part, or have been part, of the Italy national athletics team. The rules The Italian Government and consequently Italian Athletics Federation, FIDAL firstly ...


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Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
Athletics in Italy
Athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking ** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport * Athletics (physical culture), competiti ...
National governing bodies for athletics Sports organizations established in 1913 1906 establishments in Italy