President: Davide Tizzano
Secretary: Giovanni Esposito
History of FIC
Costitution
The first Italian club, the Canottieri Limite sull'Arno (Arno Rowing Club), was founded in 1861 even if the true forerunner of modern rowing in Italy remains the Canottieri Cerea which was founded in Turin two years later. The Savoy capital and the Po river were the aggregating centres of Italian rowing: it was in Turin in fact that the Italian Rowing Club was founded on 31 March 1888 and which produced the first Regatta Code. Again in Turin the Federazione Internazionale (FISA) was founded on 25 June 1892. The federation was listed in Law no. 426 of 16/2/1946 (as RFIC).
Denomination
The term “Royal” was added to original appellation of the Italian Rowing Club in 1891 (under the chairmanship of king Umberto I), while in 1923 it changed to Reale Federazione Italiana di Canottaggio (RFIC or Royal Rowing Federation of Italy). After the war the name was again changed to the current Italian Rowing Federation (FIC).
Federal Office
1888 Turin, 1929 Rome, 1946 Turin, 1957 Rome. 1905-1926 Turin; 1926 Rome.
First National Championships
1889 (Lake Maggiore).
First time the Olympics games
1908 London.
Presidents
1888 - 1890 Edoardo Scarampi di Villanova
1900 - 1904 Roberto Biscaretti di Ruffia
1904 - 1913 Luigi Capuccio
1913 - 1927 Hon. Carlo Montù
1927 - 1935 Amm. Earl Luigi Di Sambuy
1935 - 1943 Massimo Giovannetti
1943 - 1944 Claudio Savarese (commissioner)
1944 Claudio Savarese (regent CONI)
1945 Giulio Haag (regent CONI)
1945 Hon. Carlo Montù (regent CONI)
1946 - 1949 Hon. Carlo Montù
1949 - 1958 Massimo Giovannetti
1958 - 1961 Alfredo Boccalatte
1961 - 1973 Diodato Lanni
1973 - 1984 Paolo D'Aloja
1984 - 2005 Gian Antonio Romanini
2005 - 2008 Renato Nicetto
2008 - 2012 Enrico Gandola
2012 - 2024 Giuseppe Abbagnale
2024 - Davide Tizzano
Secretaries
1888 - 1890 Luigi Capuccio
1900 - 1904 Giuseppe Bon
1904 - 1915 Tommaso Rolando
1915 - 1919 Giuseppe Marro
1919 - 1933 A. Mario Rossi
1933 - 1944 Giampietro Filippi
1943 Dino Rastelli (regent)
1945 Otello Pagni (regent)
1946 - 1949 A. Mario Rossi
1949 - 1957 Alfredo Boccalatte
1957 - 1964 Luigi Grappelli
1965 - 1970 Enrico Chiaperotti
1971 - 1973 Carlo Romei
1973 - 1974 Renato Impiccini (regent)
1975 - 1999 Vittorio Caputo
1999 - 2000 Andrea Russo
2000 - 2009 Michele De Lauretis
2009 - 2014 Monica De Luca
2014 - 2025 Maurizio Leone
2025 - Giovanni Esposito