The Società Sportiva Metanopoli (previously Società Sportiva Snam also known as Snam Gas Metano) is an Italian
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 ...
club based in
San Donato Milanese
San Donato Milanese (Milanese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan. It is served by the San Donato underground station right on the borderline bet ...
formed in 1953.
Achievements
Snam Gas Metano won 8 editions of the women's
Italian Championships in Athletics for clubs
The Italian Athletics Championships () are the national championships for clubs of athletics, organised by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera (FIDAL), that assign every year a scudetto from 1931 (men) and from 1939 (women).
Since 2008, ...
(''
Campionati italiani di società di atletica leggera''), and one edition of the
European Champion Clubs Cup.
*8 wins at the
Italian Championships (1990, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000)
*1 win at the
European Champion Clubs Cup (1996)
Main athletes
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Fiona May
Fiona is a feminine given name of Gaelic origins. It means white or fair, while the Irish name ''Fíona'' means 'of wine', being the genitive of 'wine'. It was coined by Scottish writer James Macpherson. Initially, the name was confined to ...
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Antonella Bevilacqua
Antonella Bevilacqua (born 15 October 1971 in Foggia) is an Italian high jumper, whose personal best jump was 1.98 metres, achieved in May 1996 in Milan.
Biography
In 1996 Bevilacqua tested positive for the prohibited substances ephedrine and ps ...
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Antonella Bizioli
Antonella Luigina Bizioli (born 29 March 1957 in Villa d'Ogna) is a former Italian long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon race.
She won two medals, with national team, at the World Marathon Cup.
Biography
She participated at one ...
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Barbara Lah
Barbara Lah (born 24 March 1972 in Gorizia) is an Italian triple jumper, whose personal best jump is 14.38 metres, at the 2003 World Championships in Paris. In addition she has 6.12 m in the long jump
The long jump is a track and field even ...
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Agnese Maffeis
Agnese Maffeis (born 9 March 1965, in Bergamo) is an Italian discus thrower and shot putter. She won six medals, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions.
She has 73 caps in national team from 1981 to 2003, second Italian ath ...
(38 individual wins at the
national championship
A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or competition, contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the be ...
)
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Gennaro Di Napoli
Gennaro Di Napoli (born 5 March 1968) is an Italian former middle distance runner.
He won 13 medals at the International athletics competitions, 10 of these at senior level.
Biography
Di Napoli was born in Naples but moved early in his life t ...
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Loris Paoluzzi
Loris Paoluzzi (born 14 March 1974) is an Italian retired male hammer thrower, which participated at the 1999 and 2001 World Championships in Athletics.
Biography
His personal best throw was 80.98 metres, achieved in July 1999 in Pescara
Pes ...
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Stefano Tilli
Stefano Tilli (born 22 August 1962) is a former Italian sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 m, twice European indoor champion, three-time semi-finalist at the Olympic Games, and was the world record holder in the 200 m indoor.
Biography ...
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Carla Tuzzi
Carla Tuzzi (born 2 June 1967 in Frascati) is an Italian former hurdling, hurdler, who best result at international individual senior (athletics), senior level was the 5th place in the final of the 1994 European Athletics Indoor Championships, 19 ...
See also
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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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Snam
Snam S.p.A. is an Italian energy infrastructure company.
As of 31 December 2023, it had a market capitalization of €15,611 million. Snam was originally a subsidiary of Italian energy company Eni. It has since become an independent company, wh ...
References
External links
Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Societa Sportiva Metanopoli
Athletics clubs in Italy
1953 establishments in Italy
San Donato Milanese