Sisport is a multi-sports team based in

Turin Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The city is main ...

, 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. Since 1978, it was first known as ''Sisport Fiat'' 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

FIAT has won Euroleague Women in the 1979–80 season and two Italian Championships.

Titles

* 1 Euroleague Women (1980) * 5 Italian Championships - Lega Basket Femminile (1962, 1963, 1964, 1979, 1980)

Athletics

Notable former athletes include racewalker champion

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gold medalist

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, and the four Olympic gold medalists

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Sara Simeoni Sara Simeoni (born 19 April 1953) is an Italian former high jumper, who won a gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics and twice set a world record in the women's high jump. Biography Sara Simeoni was born in Rivoli Veronese, in the province of ...

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and

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(in that period under the administration of

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and the sponsorship of Fiat Iveco).

Titles

* 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 Alessio Boggiatto (born 18 December 1981) is a former Italian medley swimmer. Biography Born at Moncalieri Moncalieri (; ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) of 56,134 inhabitants (31 January 2022) about directly south of downtown Turin (to whos ...

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gold medalist *

Chiara Boggiatto Chiara Boggiatto (born 17 February 1986 in Moncalieri, province of Turin, Turin) is an Italian Breaststroke swimming, breaststroke swimmer. She was several times finalist in European and World Championship swimming 200 m breaststroke and relays. ...

, swimmer and

gold medalist *

Lorenzo Calafiore Lorenzo Calafiore (31 January 1935 – 20 October 2011) was a Greco-Roman wrestler from Italy who won two medals at the European championships of 1969–1970. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics, aged 37, and finished in sixth place. Biograp ...

, wrestler and Mediterranean Games gold medalist *

Claudio Marchisio Claudio Marchisio (; born 19 January 1986) is an Italian former professional Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. A product of the Juventus F.C. Youth Sector, Juventus youth system, he spent a large portion of his career ...

, footballer for

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and

Italy national football team The Italy national football team () has represented Italy in men's international Association football, football since its first match in 1910. The national team is controlled by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), the governing body for fo ...

(played some of his youth football at Sisport) *

Louis Buffon Louis Thomas Buffon (born 28 December 2007) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for club Pisa. Born in Italy, Buffon opted to play for Czech Republic at the youth level. Early life Born on 28 December 2007 in Turin, Italy, Loui ...

, footballer for

Pisa SC Pisa Sporting Club, commonly referred to as Pisa, is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football clubs in Italy, club based in Pisa, Tuscany. The club will compete in Serie A in the 2025–26 season. The club was fou ...

References

External links

Official Website
Women's basketball teams in Italy EuroLeague Women clubs Sport in Turin Basketball teams established in 1922 Athletics clubs in Italy EuroLeague Women Champions {{athletics-stub