Primo Nebiolo has been a big protagonist in sport promotion in all levels and in the creation of a new concept of athletics by circuits of meeting that attract always more attention, people, media and big sponsor.

Nebiolo’s life was completely dedicated to sport, in particular to athletics: before as athlete and after as the Italian manager more popular and appreciated in the world. An example was the birth of spectacle athletics in collaboration with football. It was 1971 when, thanks at one his initiative, in the half time of the match “Torino – Lazio “ at “Stadio Comunale” it runs 1000 mt. The victory has been for Franco Arese with the time of 2’16”9: new Italian record.

Eclectic man, Primo Nebiolo was: Athlete, entrepreneur, and journalist for “Popolo nuovo” – newspaper of “Democrazia Cristiana” in Piemonte. In all this activities he transmitted the maximum engagement. Nebiolo started his career in 1948 when (at 25 years old) he became president of CUS Turin. In 30 years of career he arrived at the head of the international sport institutions: It has been honorary president of CUSI, in 1961 he became president of FISU. Thanks at his work in sport promotion Nebiolo became president of FIDAL (the Italian federation of athletics) and he finished this work in 1989. Instead he entered in the IAAF council and in 1981 he was elected president.

But Nebiolo was an important man not only for international sport but for his Turin too. Here he created some important manifestations starting with the first Universiade in 1959.
The last present of this big manager has been the opportunity of organizes in the heart of Turin the walk word cup in an evocative place in 12th and 13th October 2002.