F'A'S'I' Federazione Arrampicata Sportiva Italiana

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F.A.S.I.Federazione Arrampicata Sportiva Italiana

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A brief history of the F.A.S.I.

• The first sport climbing competition in western
  Europe was held in 1985 in Bardonecchia, not far
  from Torino, on the famous Parete dei Militi in
  Valle Stretta.
• The success was repeated the following year
  (1986), when Arco di Trento joined Bardonecchia
  for a combined final ranking.

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A brief history of the F.A.S.I.

• The success of these events led a group of
  Italian climbers to found the F.A.S.I. (Italian
  Sport Climbing Federation) in Torino, 15th May
  1987.
• The first President of the F.A.S.I. was Andrea
  Mellano.

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A brief history of the F.A.S.I.

• In 1989 the F.A.S.I. joined the U.I.A.A. (Union
  Internationale des Associations dAlpinisme) and
  afterwards the I.C.C. (International Council for
  Competition Climbing), created in 1997 inside the
  U.I.A.A. in order to develop sport climbing.

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A brief history of the F.A.S.I.

• Though, being part of this mountaineering
  organization did not satisfy the leaders of the
  F.A.S.I. in mountaineering, an individual must
  be a hero, in sport climbing he has to be an
  athlete.
• The athlete always challenges his limits but
  never puts his life at risk.

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A brief history of the F.A.S.I.

• Considering the goals of the sport climbing, the
  F.A.S.I. applied to the C.O.N.I. Comitato
  Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (Italian Olympic
  Committee).
• According to the I.O.C. (International Olympic
  Committee), the C.O.N.I., in fact, gives the
  basic principles of each sport activity, cares
  about the health of the athletes and regulates
  the correctness of the contests, competitions and
  championships.

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A brief history of the F.A.S.I.

• After the necessary controls on its statute and
  on its central and local organization, the
  F.A.S.I. was recognized by the C.O.N.I., 20th
  September 1990.

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A brief history of the F.A.S.I.

• The way of considering climbing as sport climbing
  brought the F.A.S.I. to become a founding member
  of I.F.S.C. (International Federation for Sport
  Climbing), 27th January 2007 and since 2008 it
  has been I.F.S.C. Golden Member.

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A brief history of the F.A.S.I.

• F.A.S.I. competions winners
• Ralf Brunel winner of the first edition EYC
  Lead in 1996
• Jenny Lavarda youth world champion Lead 2001
• Gabriele Moroni - youth world champion Lead 2002
• Flavio Crespi - winner of EYC Lead in 1998, youth
  world champion Lead 1999, world cup Lead 2005

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A brief history of the F.A.S.I.

• Dino Lagni world champion Lead 1999
• Mauro Calibani world champion Boulder 2001,
  winner of the Rock Master Boulder 2003
• Christian Core - winner of world cup Boulder
  1999, European champion Boulder 2002, world
  champion 2003

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The F.A.S.I. today

• In 2009 the F.A.S.I. includes more than 180
  affiliated sporting clubs and more than 10.000
  members.

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The F.A.S.I. today

• The F.A.S.I. is represented by its territorial
  leaders inside the local organization of the
  C.O.N.I. (Italian Olympic Committee).

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The F.A.S.I. today

• The F.A.S.I. has signed an agreement protocol
  with C.I.P. Comitato Italiano Paralimpico
  (Italian Paralympic Committee), member of the
  I.P.C. (International Paralympic Committee),
  aiming to spread and develop ParaClimbing
  activities.

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The F.A.S.I. today

• According to this agreement protocol, the
  F.A.S.I. is now organizing a ParaClimbing
  instructors training course in cooperation with
  C.I.P.
• In 2009 F.A.S.I. and the Speed Rock Committee
  will organize the ParaClimbing Speed Rock, a
  competition for disabled athletes, in Daone.

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The F.A.S.I. today

• The F.A.S.I. takes part, with its national teams,
  in all the competitions and championships
  organized by I.F.S.C. all over the world.

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The F.A.S.I. today

• The F.A.S.I. organizes about 120 competitions
  each year from Under 14 to World Cup
  competitions, (boulder, lead and speed),
  investing, above all, in youth and school sport
  activities.

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The F.A.S.I. today

• As a member of the C.O.N.I., the F.A.S.I. is
  obliged to adopt anti-doping rules, according to
  the W.A.D.A. anti-doping code.
• Many anti-doping tests are made during
  international and national competitions.
• The Italian Ministry of Health also provides for
  additional independent anti-doping tests during
  national and local competitions.

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The F.A.S.I. today

• Thanks to the C.O.N.I. rules about health care of
  the athletes, more than 10.000 people - athletes
  members as well as non competitive members of the
  F.A.S.I. - take advantage of a proper, mandatory
  accident insurance, whose cost is included in the
  annual membership fees.

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The F.A.S.I. today

• According to the provisional budget, in 2009
  revenues of F.A.S.I. will be given by

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The F.A.S.I. today

• In order to develop at its best the sport
  activity, the F.A.S.I. can rely on
• 1 main sponsor

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The F.A.S.I. today

• 2 technical sponsors

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The F.A.S.I. today

• 2 general sponsors

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The F.A.S.I. today

• The press office of the F.A.S.I. is delegated to
  promote the federal activities in different
  fields, as newspapers, magazines and national TV
  programs (most of all on satellite channels Sky
  and RAI sport).

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How the F.A.S.I. works

• The F.A.S.I. is the only body which is authorised
  by the C.O.N.I. to organize and develop the sport
  climbing activities in Italy.
• According to its institutional goals, written in
  paragraph 3 of the Federal Statute, the F.A.S.I.
  organizes competitions, protects the athletes
  health, spreads the sport climbing among young
  people and in the schools.

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How the F.A.S.I. works

• Among all the aims of a sport federation, the
  F.A.S.I. claims that the most important one is
  believing in fair-play and in the educational
  value of the sport.
• Sport climbing, above all, teaches that every
  achievement is always due to individual effort
  and dedication.
• It is important that all these values are carried
  out in our society.

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Olympic dream

• These are the reasons why the F.A.S.I. strongly
  believes that sport climbing can join the Olympic
  Movement.
• I.F.S.C. already has the provisional recognition
  by the I.O.C.
• The F.A.S.I. wishes that all members, aspirant
  members or associate members of I.F.S.C. can
  achieve the recognition by their national olympic
  committee, in order to follow a common path
  towards the OLYMPIC DREAM.