Pino Dordoni
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Full name | Giuseppe Dordoni | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Piacenza, Italy | June 28, 1926|||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 24 October 1998 Piacenza, Italy | (aged 72)|||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Race walk | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Diana PC | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Giuseppe "Pino" Dordoni (June 28, 1926 – October 24, 1998) was an Italian athlete who competed mainly in the 50 kilometre race walk.
Biography
He competed for Italy at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland, where he won the gold medal in the men's 50 kilometre walk event. In 1950 he became European champion.
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Performance | Note |
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1950 | European Championships | Brussels | 1st | 50 km walk | 4:40:43 | [1] |
1952 | Olympic Games | Helsinki | 1st | 50 km walk | 4:28:07.8 |
National championships
Pino Dordoni has won 26 times the individual national championship.[2]
- 11 wins on 10000 metres walk (1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957)
- 10 wins on 20 km walk (1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957)
- 5 wins on 50 km walk (1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954)
See also
- Legends of Italian sport - Walk of Fame
- FIDAL Hall of Fame
- Italian Athletics Championships - Multi winners
References
- ^ "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - UOMINI" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
- ^ ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 24, 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
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External links
- Pino Dordoni at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Categories:
- 1926 births
- 1998 deaths
- Italian male racewalkers
- Olympic gold medalists for Italy
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Italy
- People from Piacenza
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
- Competitors at the 1951 Mediterranean Games
- Competitors at the 1955 Mediterranean Games