President: Luigi Mazzone
Secretary: Marco Cannella
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History of FIS
Costitution
The Italian fencing school was always one of the best in the world. The golden age was the time of the Military Training School of Rome (1884) under the direction of Masaniello Parise. The greatest exponent was Agesilao Greco. Following an unsuccessful attempt in Pavia in 1903, the Italian Fencing Federation was founded 3 June 1909 in Rome. The initiative was due to the work of Captain Augusto Ciacci and had been encouraged by the commitment of Mr Luigi Lucchini, then president of the National Institute for the Increase of Physical Education. A special committee, chaired by Count Enzo Ravaneschi, was responsible for drafting the statute of the new Federation (which contained among other things the distinction between masters and amateurs), which was approved in June 1910. On 5 October 1923 the name was changed to the Italian Fencing Confederation (CIS). Two years later, in 1933, the name became the current one. During 1946, the Federation did not carry out any activity. The Federation is listed in Law no. 426 of 16/02/1942.
Denomination
Originally (1903) Federazione Schermistica Italiana (“Italian Fencing Federation”), and then Confederazione Italiana di Scherma (“Italian Fencing Confederation”) (1923) and later Federazione Italiana Scherma (FIS or “Italian Fencing Federation”) (1933).
Federal Office
In Rome since the foundation.
First National Championships
1909 (Men), 1928 (women).
First appearance at the Olympic Games:
1900 Paris.
Presidents
ITALIAN FENCING FEDERATION
1909 -1914 Conte Ezio Ravascheri
1914 - 1918 Edoardo Negri De Salvi
1918 - 1919 Ernesto Bertinatti
1919 - 1923 Hon. Carlo Montù
ITALIAN FENCING CONFEDERATION
1924 - 1925 Alfredo Rocco
1926 - 1933 Hon. Giuseppe Mazzini
ITALIAN FENCING FEDERATION
1933 - 1936 Hon. Giuseppe Mazzini
1936 - 1940 Nedo Nadi
1940 - 1943 Giulio Basletta
1943 - Giulio Basletta (commissioner)
1944 - Umberto De Martino (regent CONI)
1944 - 1946 Board of regents: Mario Torti, Renzo Nostini, Andrea Marrazzi.
1947 - Carlo Anselmi
1952 - 1959 Nino Bertolaia
1959 - 1960 Board of regents: Gastone Darè, Edoardo Mangiarotti, Renzo Nostini.
1961 - 1993 Renzo Nostini (resigned)
1993 - 1994 Onorato Sepe (commissioner)
1994 - 2005 Antonio Di Blasi
2005 - 2021 Giorgio Scarso
2021 - 2025 Paolo Azzi
2025 - Luigi Mazzone
Secretaries
1909 -1914 Augusto Ciacci
1914 - 1918 Augusto Ciacci
1918 - 1924 Ercole Morelli
1924 - 1926 Franco Faraci Del Prato
1926 - 1935 Franco Faraci Del Prato
1940 - 1943 Dino Rastelli
1944 - Vito Resse (acting)
1944 - 1945 Dino Rastelli (regent)
1947 - 1964 Alfredo Pezzana
1965 - 1992 Aldo Stefanini
1992 - 1999 Giancarlo Guerrini
1999 - 2003 Michele Maffei
2003 - 2009 Salvatore Ottaviano
2010 - Marco Cannella