Federazione Italiana Sport Orientamento

Federazione Italiana Sport Orientamento
Official website

Sport	Orienteering
Jurisdiction	Italy
Abbreviation	FISO
Founded	1986 (1986)
Affiliation	IOF
Regional affiliation	Europe
Headquarters	Silvio Pellico square, Trento - Italy
President	Mauro Gazzerro
Coach	Jaroslav Kačmarčík
Replaced	CISO - Comitato Italiano Sport Orientamento
(founded)	1974
www.fiso.it

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 first time in 1981.^[2] The 2014 World Championships in foot orienteering were held in the districts of Asiago and Lavarone, Italy.

↑ http://www.orienteering.org/i3/index.php?/iof2006/iof/member_federations/iof_member_federations#ITA Retrieved on the 19th of June 2008
↑ 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.

Full Members

Provisional Members

Argentina Chile Cuba Ecuador Georgia Greece India Indonesia Jamaica Kenya Kyrgyzstan Macedonia Malaysia Mozambique Pakistan Panama Puerto Rico Somalia Thailand Uruguay Venezuela

Sports governing bodies in Italy (ITA)

Summer Olympic Sports	Aquatic sports (Diving, Swimming, Synchronized Swimming, Water Polo) Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo - Karate - Wrestling Modern Pentathlon Rugby 7's Rowing Sailing Shooting sport Sporting clays Table Tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball inc. Beach Weightlifting Wrestling

Winter Olympic Sports	Ice sports (Curling, Figure, Speed, Short Track skating, Ice Hockey) Winter sports (Alpine skiing, Nordic skiing, Biathlon, Bobsleigh, Luge, Skeleton, Ski jumping, Ski touring, Snowboarding)

Other IOC Recognised Sports	Air sports Auto racing Bandy Baseball & Softball Billiard Sports Boules Bowling Bridge Chess Cricket Dance sport Floorball Korfball Lifesaving Motorcycle sport Mountaineering and Climbing Netball Orienteering Pelota Vasca Polo Powerboating Racquetball Roller sports (In-line hockey, Rink hockey, Roller speed skating) Rugby Sport climbing Squash Sumo Surfing Tug of war Underwater sports Water Ski Wushu

Italian National Olympic Committee Italian Paralympic Committee

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