Italian Athletics Federation


The Italian Athletics Federation, is the governing body for athletics in Italy since 1906.
The Italian Federation, founded on 21 October 1906, on initiative of La Gazzetta dello Sport, as Federazione Podistica Italiana, has been recognised by International Amateur Athletic Federation, now World Athletics, since its Berlin Congress in 1913.
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History

FIDAL assumed its current name in 1926, previously it was as described in the following table.
DateInitialsFull nameEnglish translationNotes
4 August 1897UPTUnione Podistica TorineseTurinese Running Union
1 April 1899UPIUnione Podistica Italiana,
then Federazione Podistica Italiana
on 21 October 1906		Italian Running Union
8 October 1909FISAFederazione Italiana Sports AtleticiItalian Athletic Sports Federation
12 December 1926FIDALFederazione Italiana di Atletica LeggeraItalian Athletics Federation

Technical Directors

Since 1920 the technical directors of the Italian national team have been the following.
PeriodMenWomenOnly
1920Platt Adams
1921-1923Matilde Candiani
1924Emilio LunghiAnita Podestà Vivarelli
1925-1926Massimo Cartasegna
1927-1928Jeno Gaspar
1932Adolfo Contoli
1929-1935Marina Zanetti
1933-1934Ove Andersen
Martti Jarvinen
Paavo Karikko
Veikko Renko
1935-1939Boyd Comstock
1946-1947Lidia Bongiovanni
1946-1961Giorgio Oberweger
1962-1963Lauro BononciniAugusto Lorenzoni
1964-1968Giorgio Oberweger
1969Sandro CalvesiMarcello Pagani
1970Marcello Pagani
1971-1974Bruno Cacchi
1975-1986Enzo RossiSandro Giovannelli
1987-1988Enzo RossiElio Locatelli
1989-1994Elio Locatelli
1995-2000Giampaolo LenziDino Ponchio
2001-2004Roberto FrinolliAugusto D'Agostino
2005-2007Nicola Silvaggi
2008-2012Franceco Uguagliati
2013-2016Massimo Magnani
2017-2018Elio Locatelli
2019–presentAntonio La Torre