President: Stefano Podini
Secretary: Adriano Ruocco
History of FIGH
Costitution
A Handball Federation “not yet affiliated with CONI”, represented by Aurelio Chiappero took part, only with a consultative vote, in CONI’s first elective Conference of 27 July 1946. In actual fact, handball had already been on the Italian scene, albeit sporadically, since 1940. A revival came with the establishment of the Committee for the Promotion of Handball, in Rome only in 1966.
Eugenio Enrile was Chairman of the Committee and Chiappero the Secretary. The deed of constitution of the Italian Handball Federation was drawn up on 20 December 1969: Mario Costantini presided over the new body and Chiappero acted as Secretary. When it became an officially recognised sport on 22 December 1971, the FIGH joined CONI as an affiliated member on 19 December 1974, becoming official at the 57th National Board on 22 February 1979.
Denomination
Federazione Italiana Giuoco Handball (FIGH or Italian Handball Federation) since the beginning.
Federal Office
Rome since the foundation.
First National Championships
1969 (men and women).
Presidents
1967 - 1968 Eugenio Enrile
1969 - 1972 Mario Costantini
1972 - 1976 Eugenio Marinello
1976 - 1991 Hon. Concetto Lo Bello
1991 - 1994 Ralf Dejaco
1994 - 1997 Piero Jaci
1997 - 2017 Francesco Purromuto
2017 - 2023 Pasquale Loria
2023-2024 Francesca Macioce (commissioner)
2024 - Stefano Podini
Secretaries
1969 - 1973 Aurelio Chiappero
1974 - 1980 Giuseppe Gentile
1981 - 1982 Franco Bimbi
1982 - 1984 Tiziano Petracca
1984 - 1993 Pier Luigi Gatti
1993 - 1996 Alessandro Rossi
1996 - 1997 Giuseppe Gentile
1997 - 1998 Sandro Rossi
1998 - 1999 Umberto Desideri
1999 - 2000 Nicola Bozzi
2002 - 2023 Adriano Ruocco
2023 Fabrizio Quaranta (acting)
2024 - Adriano Ruocco