Country/Region | San Marino |
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Code | SMR |
Created | 1959 |
Recognized | 1959 |
Continental Association | EOC |
Headquarters | Serravalle, San Marino |
President | Gian Primo Giardi |
Secretary General | Eros Bologna |
Website | www.cons.sm |
The Sammarinese National Olympic Committee (Italian : Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Sammarinese) is the National Olympic Committee representing San Marino. [1] [2]
The committee was recognised by the International Olympic Committee in 1959. As of February 2024, its president is Gian Primo Giardi . [2]
San Marino, officially the Republic of San Marino and also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino, is a European microstate surrounded by Italy. Located on the northeastern side of the Apennine Mountains, San Marino is the fifth-smallest country in the world and covers a land area of just over 61 km2, with a population of 33,660 as of 2022.
The Republic of San Marino's public transport network consists of a local bus network and the Funivia di San Marino, an aerial cablecar system between Borgo Maggiore and the City of San Marino. Both means are operated by the Azienda Autonoma di Stato per i Servizi Pubblici, the Sammarinese state company for public transport.
San Marino is a country in Europe enclaved by Italy.
The San Marino national football team represents San Marino in men's international association football competitions. The team is controlled by the San Marino Football Federation and represents the smallest population of any UEFA member. They are currently the lowest-ranked FIFA-affiliated national football team.
The Sammarinese Communist Party was a Marxist political party in the small European republic of San Marino. It was founded in 1921 as a section of the Communist Party of Italy (PCI). The organization existed for its first two decades as an underground political organization.
Serravalle is one of the nine castelli of San Marino. It has a population of 10,878 inhabitants and an area of 10.53 km2. It is the most densely populated municipality in San Marino, and contains its largest settlement (Dogana). Serravalle is located on the edge of the Apennine Mountains.
Borgo Maggiore is one of the nine castelli of San Marino. It lies at the foot of Monte Titano and has a population of 6,871, making it the second largest town of San Marino after Dogana.
S.S. Murata is a Sanmarinese football club, based in Murata, a civil parish of the city of San Marino. The club was founded in 1966. Murata currently plays in Girone B of Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio. The team's colours are black and white.
The San Marino Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Serravalle, San Marino. First opened in 1969, it is currently used mostly for football matches. It is the national stadium of San Marino.
Aldo Junior Simoncini is a Sammarinese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Sammarinese club S.S. Cosmos.
Football is the most popular sport in San Marino, as well as in Italy, the country within which it is an enclave.
Torraccia Airfield, also known as Toraccia Helipad and Airfield or Toraccia Airport, is a small general aviation aerodrome in Torraccia, a village east of the castello of Domagnano, Republic of San Marino, less than 200 metres from the Italian border.
San Marino competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, which was held from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The country's participation at London marked its thirteenth appearance in the Summer Olympics since its début at the 1960 Summer Olympics. The delegation sent by the Sammarinese National Olympic Committee consisted of four athletes: sprinter Martina Pretelli, archer Emanuele Guidi, trap shooter Alessandra Perilli and short-distance swimmer Clelia Tini.
Vincenzo Romano Michelotti is an alpine skier from San Marino. He will compete for San Marino at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the giant slalom competition. Michelotti was also selected to carry the Sammarinese flag during the opening ceremony.
Emanuela Felici is a Sammarinese sport shooter. She represented her nation San Marino in two editions of the Olympic Games, finishing seventh each in the process. Considered one of the world's top female trap shooters, Felici pocketed two career bronze medals at the 2002 European Championships in Lonato del Garda, Italy, and at the 2007 ISSF World Cup Series in Maribor, Slovenia.
The San Marino Athletics Federation is the governing body for the sport of athletics in San Marino.
San Marino competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's official debut in 1960, Sammarinese athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for a single occasion. San Marino failed to register any athletes at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
San Marino competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's fifteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.
San Marino competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.