19/05/2026
Congratulations to our President Maurizio Casasco and President of the Italian Federation Sports Medicine for this achievement!
What a great honor for the Italian Sports Medical Federation to receive the recognition of the Ambassador of Sports Diplomacy, granted by the Vice President of the Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani, as part of the presentation event of the third edition of the project "Sport and Innovation Made in" Italy, happening today in Rome, at Farnesina.
This recognition values a long and coherent history: the Italian Sports Medical Federation is, in fact, the only medical-sports Federation of the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) since its founding in 1929 and today it is the only scientific society of Sports Medicine recognized by the Ministry of Health, with the mission To promote the protection of health and health education of those who practice or intend to practice sports activities at every level.
Throughout its history, FMSI has been a landmark in the culture of prevention and sports-applied medicine. In 1957, in Milan, the first University School of Specialization in Sports Medicine in the world was born, an Italian model still internationally recognized.
In this path of growth and consolidation, 2024 represents a decisive passage: thanks also to institutional sensitivity and the support of Minister Tajani, the specialization in Sports Medicine has been recognized at European level, strengthening Italy’s role in disseminating the culture of prevention, physical activity and correct lifestyles.
This recognition fits into a broader context, in which the extension of life expectancy requires exceeding the mere concept of anagramic age to consider biological age, that is, the actual efficiency of the organism and quality of life. In parity in age, in fact, different lifestyles determine profoundly different health conditions.
A simple example helps to understand it: just as two cars of the same year and with the same kilometers can present very different conditions depending on how they were driven and maintained, similarly physical activity, proper diet and prevention have a decisive impact on biological aging.
Today, non-communicable diseases, aging population and high costs of innovative medicines represent one of the main health and social challenges. For this reason it is essential to develop an integrated approach, in which the knowledge of sports medicine is made available not only to health policies, but also to educational, social, environmental and economic policies.
In this context, physical exercise, when prescribed and monitored by a sports medicine specialist, is a true therapeutic tool. Promoting physical activity, proper diet and healthy lifestyles means specifically improving the quality of life of people, reducing social costs and contributing to the sustainability of the country system.
This is the mission of the Italian Sports Medical Federation: to transfer to the population the matured knowledge in sports medicine, so that prevention becomes a common heritage and a concrete investment for the future.
Thank dear Maurizio and the entire team FMSI !
