Primo Nebiolo [SEP] place of birth
Primo Nebiolo
Primo Nebiolo (14 July 1923, Turin – 7 November 1999, Rome) was an Italian sports official, best known as president of the worldwide athletics federation IAAF.
Primo Nebiolo was the ideator of the IAAF Continental Cup.
Biography.
As an active athlete in his younger days, Nebiolo was a long jumper. He later studied law and political science and became a businessman in construction. Nebiolo became president of the International University Sports Federation, which among other things arranges the Universiade, in 1961
basic rules such as respect, justice, impartiality and love. These are values which were amply forgotten by Primo Nebiolo."
The Stadio Primo Nebiolo was named in his honour. A street in Bucharest, the capital of Romania, is named after him.
See also.
- IAAF Continental Cup
- Memorial Primo Nebiolo
- Stadio Primo Nebiolo
External links.
- Commemoration ceremony article from IAAF