The Memorial Primo Nebiolo is an annual
track and field
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meeting held at the
Stadio Primo Nebiolo in
Turin
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,
Italy
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in early June.
History
The history of the Turin competition dates back to 1963, when the Torino Meeting was first held. This event hosted top level athletes, such as
Sebastian Coe
Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, (born 29 September 1956), often referred to as Seb Coe, is a British politician and former track and field athlete. As a middle-distance runner, Coe won four Olympic medals, including 1500 metres gold medal ...
and
Saïd Aouita
Saïd Aouita ( ar, سعيد عويطة; born November 2, 1959) is a former Moroccan track and field athlete. He is the only athlete in history to have won a medal in each of the 800 meters and 5000 meters at the Olympic games. He won the 5000 mete ...
, for two decades until its cancellation in 1983. A re-boot occurred in 1995 with the launch of the Meeting Internazionale di Atletica Leggera Città di Torino and it quickly became part of the
IAAF Grand Prix
The IAAF Grand Prix was an annual, global circuit of one-day outdoor track and field competitions organized by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). It was created in 1985 as the IAAF's first seasonal track and field circu ...
circuit. Following the death of the highly influential Italian sports administrator
Primo Nebiolo
Primo Nebiolo (14 July 1923 – 7 November 1999) was an Italian sports official, best known as president of the worldwide athletics federation IAAF.
Primo Nebiolo was the ideator of the IAAF Continental Cup.
Biography
As an active athlete in ...
(a former
IAAF
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President who was born in the city), the competition was renamed in his honour in 2000 as the Memorial Primo Nebiolo.
The meeting is currently part of the
European Athletics
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Outdoor Premium Meetings series.
European Athletics Outdoor Premium Meetings
. European Athletics
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. Retrieved on 2011-06-11.
Meet records
Men
Women
References
External links
Official website
Meeting records
{{World Athletics Tour
European Athletic Association meetings
IAAF Grand Prix
Sports competitions in Turin
Athletics competitions in Italy
Recurring sporting events established in 1995
1995 establishments in Italy
Summer events in Italy
IAAF World Outdoor Meetings