Sisport is a women's basketball team during the 1970s and 1980s in

Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...

, Italy.

History

''Gruppo Sportivo FIAT'' (''G.S. FIAT'') was founded in 1922 by employees of the eponymous automobile manufacturer the city of Turin is still associated with. Since 1978, it has first known as ''Sisport Fiat'' and then simply as ''Sisport''. With the advent of professionalism in various sports, the club now largely caters to amateur and youth sports.

Sports

*Athletics *Football (youth only) *Rowing *Rugby *Swimming

Women's Basketball

FIAT has won Euroleague Women in the 1979–80 season and two Italian Championships.

Titles

* 1 Euroleague Women (1980) * 5 Italian Championships - Lega Basket Femminile (1962, 1963, 1964, 1979, 1980)

Athletics

Notable former athletes include racewalker champion

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gold medalist

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, and the four Olympic gold medalists

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and

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(in that period under the administration of

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and the sponsorship of Fiat Iveco).

Titles

* 1 European Champion Clubs Cup (1993)

Honors

* Medaglia d'Onore al merito sportivo (Medal of Honor for Sporting Merit): 1963, 2009

Notable athletes

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gold medalist *

Chiara Boggiatto Chiara Boggiatto (born 17 February 1986 in Moncalieri, Turin) is an Italian breaststroke swimmer. She was several times finalist in European and World Championship swimming 200 m breaststroke and relays. She participated for Italy at the 2004 Sum ...

, swimmer and

gold medalist * Lorenzo Calafiore, wrestler and Mediterranean Games gold medalist *

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, footballer for

Juventus F.C. )''I Bianconeri'' (The White and Blacks)''Le Zebre'' (The Zebras)''La Signora Omicidi'' (The Killer Lady)''La Gheuba'' (: The Hunchback) , founded = as Sport-Club Juventus , ground = Juventus Stadium , capacity = 41,507 , owner = Agnelli ...

and

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(played some of his youth football at Sisport)

References

External links

Official Website
Women's basketball teams in Italy EuroLeague Women clubs Sport in Turin Basketball teams established in 1922 Athletics clubs in Italy {{athletics-stub