Giuseppe "Pino" Dordoni (28 June 1926 – 24 October 1998) was an Italian athlete who competed mainly in the 50 kilometre race walk.
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Full name | Giuseppe Dordoni | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Piacenza, Italy | 28 June 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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Medal record
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Biography edit
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 edit
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 titles edit
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 edit
References edit
- ^ "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.
External links edit
- Pino Dordoni at World Athletics
- Pino Dordoni at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Pino Dordoni at Olympics.com
- Pino Dordoni at Olympedia
- Pino Dordoni at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)