Italian Ice Sports Federation

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Italian Ice Sports Federation
SportIce Sports
AbbreviationFISG
FoundedSeptember 1926; 97 years ago (1926-09)
AffiliationISU, IIHF, WCF
HeadquartersMilan[1]
PresidentAndrea Gios
ReplacedFederazione Italiana Sport Invernali (FISI)
Official website
www.fisg.it

The Italian Ice Sports Federation (Italian: Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio; FISG), is the governing body for ice sports in Italy. It was founded in September 1926 to promote the practice of winter sports on ice and to coordinate events. The FISG is a member of a number of international sports organizations including the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and the International Skating Union (ISU). The headquarter is in Milan.[2]

History

The first Italian Ice Sports Federation was established in September 1926 in Milan by the fusion of three pre-existing federations, those for bobsledding, ice skating and ice hockey. In 1933, the FISG combined with the Italian skiing federation to create the Federazione Italiana Sport Invernali (FISI) (Italian Federation for Winter Sports ), with its operations transferred to Rome.[3]

After World War II, when Italian sports organizations were being recreated, ice hockey and skiing were separate from ice skating. In 1952, ice hockey again joined with ice skating creating the new Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio.

National teams

Sports

The FISG has authority over the following sports:

Federation presidents

List of presidents[4]

No. Name Tenure
1 Aldo Bonacossa 1926–1927
2 Luigi Tornielli di Borgolavezzaro 1927–1933
3 Renato Ricci 1934–1945
4 Enrico Calcaterra 1946–1952
5 Remo Vigorelli 1952–1960
6 Enrico Calcaterra 1960–1972
7 Mario Pinferi 1972–1980
8 Luciano Rimoldi 1980–1992
9 Paul Seeber 1992–1997
10 Giancarlo Bolognini 1997–2014
11 Andrea Gios 2014–

Notable people

  • Georges Larivière, technical director of the Italian Ice Sports Federation[5]
  • Lou Vairo, technical coordinator of ice hockey and coach of the Italy men's national ice hockey team[6]

References

  1. ^ "Curling, Mondiali femminili: l'Italia si arrende a Giappone e Stati Uniti". 21 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Curling, Mondiali femminili: l'Italia si arrende a Giappone e Stati Uniti". 21 March 2022.
  3. ^ "FISG.it". www.fisg.it. Archived from the original on 8 February 2006. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  4. ^ "I presidenti della Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio". fisg.it. 20 January 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Georges Larivière". Hockey Canada. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  6. ^ Merk, Martin (2014-10-24). "Lou Vairo azzurro". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2020-02-15.

External links

Retrieved from "https://mdwiki.org/wiki/Italian_Ice_Sports_Federation"