The Italian Athletics Federation (
Italian
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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), competitio ...
in
Italy
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since 1906.
The Italian Federation, founded on 21 October 1906, on initiative of ''
La Gazzetta dello Sport
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History and profile
was fou ...
'', as Federazione Podistica Italiana (FPI), has been recognised by
International Amateur Athletic Federation
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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 championships and games, international athletics competitions such as Summer Olympics, Olympic Games or IAAF World Championships in Athletics, world athletics champ ...
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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 Athlet ...
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FIDAL Hall of Fame
The IAAF Hall of Fame is a hall of fame which was established by the Italian Athletics Federation (, FIDAL) in 2012. The FIDAL Hall of Fame includes Italian athletes who have excelled in the history of athletics and who meet certain criteria.
Cri ...
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Naturalized athletes of Italy
The Naturalized athletes of Italy are those naturalized citizens who are part, or have been part, of the Italy national athletics team.
The rules
The Italian Government and consequently FIDAL firstly, and then the IAAF, grants Italian citizenshi ...
References
External links
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Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
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), competitio ...
National governing bodies for athletics
Sports organizations established in 1913
1906 establishments in Italy