Federazione Italiana Sport Orientamento
SportOrienteering
JurisdictionItaly
AbbreviationFISO
Founded1986 (1986)
AffiliationIOF
Regional affiliationEurope
HeadquartersSilvio Pellico square, Trento – Italy
PresidentMauro Gazzerro
CoachJaroslav Kačmarčík
ReplacedCISO – Comitato Italiano Sport Orientamento
(founded)1974
Official website
www.fiso.it
Italy

The Italian Orienteering Federation (Italian: Federazione Italiana Sport Orientamento; FISO) is the national orienteering federation of Italy. It is a full member of the International Orienteering Federation.[1]

History

The Italian Orienteering Federation was founded in 1978, and joined the International Orienteering Federation in 1979. Italy participated in the World Orienteering Championships for the first time in 1981.[2] The 2014 World Championships in foot orienteering were held in the districts of Asiago and Lavarone, Italy.

See also

  • Italian orienteers

References

  1. ↑ http://www.orienteering.org/i3/index.php?/iof2006/iof/member_federations/iof_member_federations#ITA Archived 2008-06-18 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on the 19th of June 2008
  2. ↑ Knut Berglia; Tom-Erik Brohaug; Kristoffer Staver; Kaare Thuesen; Torgeir Strandhagen, eds. (1987). Orienteringsidretten i Norge gjennom 90 år (in Norwegian). Norges Orienteringsforbund. p. 278.
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