The Italian Fencing Federation (Italian: Federazione Italiana Scherma, FIS) is the national governing body for the fencing sport in Italy. The FIS is currently based in Rome. The FIS was founded is 1909 and was one of the nine founding nations of The Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (FIE) in 1913. The FIS has in total achieved 219 metals at Euro Championships, 319 medals at the World Championships and 123 Olympic medals. FIS is funded mainly by sponsors among which are Kinder. The Italian Fencing Federation has been overseen by President Giorgio Scarso since 2001. The two VPs are Vice President Paolo Azzi and Vice President Giampiero Pastore. Alberto Ancarani, Other board members are Giuseppe Cafiero, Renato Buratti, Luigi Campofreda, Vincenzo De Bartolomeo, Salvatore Lauria, and Elisa Uga. The ruling body oversees 273 clubs within Italy. The regulating body is responsible for organizing all tournaments in Italy, enforcing rules set by both itself and the FIE. and reaching out to other nations to expand and grow the sport. President Giorgio Scarso first started his work in the FIS in 1973 and in 1974 sent the first team to compete internationally in small tournaments to El Salvador. More information...
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