Pino Dordoni
 Pino Dordoni (left), with Donata Govoni and Livio Berruti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Giuseppe Dordoni | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 June 1926 Piacenza, Kingdom of Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 October 1998 (aged 72) Piacenza, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Race walk | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Diana PC | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Giuseppe "Pino" Dordoni (28 June 1926 – 24 October 1998) was an Italian athlete who competed mainly in the 50 kilometre race walk.
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
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1st | 50 km walk | 4:40:43 | [1] |
| 1952 | Olympic Games |  Helsinki
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1st | 50 km walk | 4:28:07.8 | 
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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]- Legends of Italian sport - Walk of Fame
- FIDAL Hall of Fame
- Italian Athletics Championships - Multi winners
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)
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 for Italy
- Sportspeople 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
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1951 Mediterranean Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1955 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
- Italian Athletics Championships winners
- 20th-century Italian sportsmen