Primo Nebiolo

Primo Nebiolo (14 July 1923 – 7 November 1999) was an Italian sports official, best known as former president of the worldwide athletics federation IAAF and the FISU. 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. In 1961, Nebiolo became president of the International University Sports Federation, which among other things arranges the Summer Universiade and Winter Universiade. From 1969 to 1989 he was the president of the Italian Athletics Federation. He became a member of the IAAF council in 1972, president of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations in 1983 He becomes a member of the International Olympic Committee in 1992. He played a crucial role at Rome loss to Athens at the bid for the 2004 Summer Olympics,but two years later he helped his home city Turin to 2006 Winter Olympics bid win.