Donata Govoni
 Donata Govoni in 1970 | |
| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | Italian |
| Born | 4 March 1944 Pieve di Cento, Italy |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Italy |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | Sprint 800 metres |
| Club | Fontana Bologna Unipol Bologna |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests |
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Donata Govoni married Sandrini (born 4 March 1944) is a former Italian sprinter and middle distance runner.
Biography[edit]
Govoni began her career as a 100–200 m sprinter and then moved progressively to 400 metres and 800 metres. From 1961 to 1972 she took part in 49 international competitions, including the 1968 and 1972 Olympics.[1][2]
Achievements[edit]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Performance | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Olympic Games |  Mexico City
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Heat | 400 metres | 54.7 | |
| 1970 | European Cup[3] |  Bucharest
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3rd | 400 metres | 53.2 
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[4] |
| 1972 | Olympic Games |  Munich
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QF | 400 metres | 53.78 |
National titles[edit]
Donata Govoni has won 26 times the individual national championship from 1961 to 1975.[5] In Italy only two women did better: Agnese Maffeis (38) and Marisa Masullo (30).[1][6]
| Event | Wins | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres | 7 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||
| 200 metres | 5 | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||
| 400 metres | 7 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||
| 800 metres | 2 | • | • | |||||||||||||
| 400 metres indoor | 2 | • | • | |||||||||||||
| 800 metres indoor | 2 | • | • | |||||||||||||
| Cross country running | 1 | • |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
- ^ Donata Govoni Archived 8 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
- ^ Semifinal
- ^ "EUROPEAN CUP SEMI-FINALS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
- ^ "CAMPIONESSE ITALIANE – 1923-2014" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- ^ "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
External links[edit]
- Donata Govoni at World Athletics
- Donata Govoni at Olympics.com
- Donata Govoni at Olympedia
- Donata Govoni at the CONI honored athlete website (in Italian)
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Categories:
- 1944 births
- Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Bologna
- Italian female sprinters
- Italian female middle-distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Italy
- Living people
- Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1967 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
- Italian Athletics Championships winners
- Olympic female sprinters
- 20th-century Italian women
- 21st-century Italian women