Italian National Olympic Committee


The Italian National Olympic Committee, founded in 1914 and a member of the International Olympic Committee, is responsible for the development and management of sports activity in Italy. Within Italy, CONI recognizes 48 national sports federations, 15 associate sports disciplines, 14 promotional sports organizations, and 19 organizations for the betterment of sports.
In total 95,000 sports clubs with 11,000,000 members are recognized. Its 2016 annual budget is 412,900,000 euros which is primarily funded by the Italian government.

Member organizations of CONI

National sport federations (FSN)

Orders

The Golden Collar of Sports Merit is the highest honor awarded by the Italian National Olympic Committee. The award was created in 1995.
  • 50px CONI: Golden Collar of Sports Merit: Collare d'Oro al Merito Sportivo.
Among the other honors of the Italian National Olympic Committee, in addition to the above-mentioned, we find:
  • Star of Sports Merit: Stella al Merito Sportivo
  • Medal of Athletic Valor: Medaglia al Valore Atletico
  • Palma of Technical Merit: ''Palma al Merito Tecnico''

    List of presidents

  • Carlo Compans de Brichanteau
  • Carlo Montù
  • Francesco Mauro
  • Aldo Finzi
  • Lando Ferretti
  • Augusto Turati
  • Iti Bacci
  • Leandro Arpinati
  • Achille Starace
  • Rino Parenti
  • Raffaele Manganiello
  • Alberto Bonacossa
  • Giulio Onesti
  • Franco Carraro
  • Arrigo Gattai
  • Mario Pescante
  • Bruno Grandi
  • Gianni Petrucci
  • Giovanni Malagò
  • Luciano Buonfiglio