Sisport
{{Short description|Italian basketball team}}
{{redirect|FIAT Torino|the current club in the Lega Basket Serie A|Auxilium Pallacanestro Torino}}
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Sisport is a multi-sports team based in Turin, Italy.
History
Gruppo Sportivo FIAT (G.S. FIAT) was founded in 1922 by employees of the eponymous automobile manufacturer the city of Turin is still associated with.{{cite web|title=Chi siamo (Who we are)|url=https://www.sisport.life/it/chisiamo/Pages/chi-siamo.aspx/it/chisiamo/Pages/chi-siamo.aspx|work=sisportfiat.it|language=Italian}} Since 1978, it was first known as Sisport Fiat{{cite journal|url=http://www.archiviolastampa.it/component/option,com_lastampa/task,search/mod,libera/action,viewer/Itemid,3/page,11/articleid,1099_01_1977_0297_0012_16002962/|title=Da C.S. Fiat a Spa|journal=La Stampa|date=December 30, 1977|page=11|language=Italian}} and then simply as Sisport. The club now primarily supports amateur and youth sports due to the emergence of professionalism in various sports.
Sports
- Athletics
- Football (youth only)
- Rowing
- Rugby
- Swimming
Women's Basketball
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FIAT has won Euroleague Women in the 1979–80 season and two Italian Championships.
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- 1 Euroleague Women (1980)
- 5 Italian Championships - Lega Basket Femminile (1962, 1963, 1964, 1979, 1980){{Cite web|url=http://www.fibaeurope.com/cid_086xifmFIlQMh4,zBYog00.html|title=About FIBA Europe - History - EuroLeague Women | FIBA Europe}}
Athletics
Notable former athletes include racewalker champion Ileana Salvador, Mediterranean Games gold medalist Marisa Masullo, and the four Olympic gold medalists Pietro Mennea, Sara Simeoni, Maurizio Damilano and Gabriella Dorio (in that period under the administration of Giampiero Boniperti and the sponsorship of Fiat Iveco).{{cite news|language=it|url=http://www.fidal.it/content/Varie-consegnato-il-premio-Aruga-a-Giampiero-Boniperti/89343|title=Varie: consegnato il premio Aruga a Giampiero Boniperti|quote=[...] Inoltre per aver guidato alla conquista del titolo olimpico ben quattro atleti Sisport: Sara Simeoni, Maurizio Damilano, Pietro Mennea e Gabriella Dorio.|publisher=Federazione Italiana d'Atletica Leggera|accessdate=3 September 2017}}
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- 1 European Champion Clubs Cup (1993)
Honors
- Medaglia d'Onore al merito sportivo (Medal of Honor for Sporting Merit): 1963, 2009
Notable athletes
- Alessio Boggiatto, World Aquatics Championships gold medalist
- Chiara Boggiatto, swimmer and Mediterranean Games gold medalist
- Lorenzo Calafiore, wrestler and Mediterranean Games gold medalist
- Claudio Marchisio, footballer for Juventus FC and Italy national football team (played some of his youth football at Sisport){{cite web|author=Massimiliano Nerozzi|title=Marchisio, un fuoriclasse un normale|url=http://www.lastampa.it/2011/12/06/sport/calcio/qui-juve/marchisio-un-fuoriclasse-un-normale-VEXDNhKW6tzkPxDd9kfC0L/pagina.html|work=lastampa.it|date=December 6, 2011|language=Italian}}
- Louis Buffon, footballer for Pisa SC.
References
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External links
- [https://www.sisport.life Official Website]
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Category:Women's basketball teams in Italy
Category:EuroLeague Women clubs
Category:Basketball teams established in 1922
Category:Athletics clubs in Italy
Category:EuroLeague Women Champions
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