President: Paolo Barelli
Secretary: Antonello Panza
History of FIN
Costitution
The birth of the Federation was preceded by the activity of different Rari Nantes clubs, the first of which was founded in Rome, located on the Tiber, by Achilles Santoni, from Trento, on 15 August 1891. The first Italian championship took place on lake Bracciano, on 14 August 1898. The winner of the mile was the 18 year-old Milanese Arturo Saltarini. In 1899 the Pioneering Swimming College was established in Como, which later on 23 May 1900, gave rise to the Italian Rari Nantes Federation (FIRN) which managed swimming activities in Italy for a long time. Finally, on 28 October 1928, when the CONI (Italian National Olympic Committee) was founded, the name was changed to "Italian Swimming Federation" (FIN). The Federation is listed in Law no. 426 of 16/02/1942.
Denomination
Firstly, Federazione Italiana Rari Nantes or “Italian Rari Nantes Federation” and from 1928, Federazione Italiana Nuoto or the “Italian Swimming Federation”.
Federal Offices
Rome in 1900, Milan in 1902, Genoa in 1912, Pavia in 1914, again Genoa in 1919, Milan again in 1923, Rome in 1928, Milan after the war, and Rome in June 1957.
First national Championships
1919 (Men), 1921 (women).
First appearance at the Olympic Games
1900 Paris.
Presidents
ITALIAN RARI NANTES FEDERATION
1900 -1902 Achille Santoni
1903 - 1912 Giuseppe Cantù
1913 - 1914 Emanuele Croce
1914 - 1918 suspesion federal activity
1919 - 1920 Enrico Corzetto
1921 - 1922 Giovanni Battista Traverso
1923 - 1927 Luigi Odetti
ITALIAN SWIMMING FEDERATION
1928 -1931 Giuseppe Corbari
1931 -1933 Hon. Leandro Arpinati
1933 -1937 Gaetano Lemetre
1937 -1940 Olindo Bitetti
1940 -1942 Ladislao Rocca
1942 -1943 Michele Favia del Core
1944 - Giordano Bravin (regent CONI)
1945 - Ambrogio Casalone (regent CONI)
1946 -1953 Giovanni Tappella
1953 -1955 Antonio Greppi
1956 -1962 Vincenzo Percuoco
1962 Hon. Luigi Durand de la Penne
1962 - 1964 Mario Saini (commissioner)
1965 - 1982 Aldo Parodi
1982 - Mario Pescante (commissioner)
1982 - 1984 Gian Angelo Perrucci
1984 - 1987 Fausto Perrone
1987 - 1999 Bartolo Consolo
1999 - 1999 Guglielmo Negri (commissioner)
1999 - 2000 Aurelio Vessichelli (commissioner)
2000 - 2022 Paolo Barelli
2022 - 2024 Andrea Pieri (V.P. - M.F.)
2024 Paolo Barelli
Secretaries
1900 - Enrico Gualdi
1931 -1935 Renzo Giampaolii
1936 -1939 Armando Mascoli
1940 -1941 Renato Veschi
1942 -1946 Raffaele Niola
1946 -1948 Valerio Leonardi
1949 -1958 Ambrogio Casalone
1959 -1972 Egone Cenni
1973 -1975 Carlo Golgi
1976 -1983 Osvaldo Mauretti
1984 -1999 Vincenzo Vittorioso
2000 - 2001 Gianni Storti
2001 - 2003 Giancarlo Guerrini
2003 - Antonello Panza