Pino Dordoni
 Pino Dordoni (left), with Donata Govoni and Livio Berruti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 June 1926 Piacenza, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 October 1998 (aged 72) Piacenza, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Race walk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Diana PC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Giuseppe 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.
Dordoni finished second behind Ken Matthews in the 2 miles walk event at the 1961 AAA Championships.[1][2][3]
Achievements
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Performance | Note |
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| 1950 | European Championships |  Brussels |
1st | 50 km walk | 4:40:43 | [4] |
| 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.[5]
- 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]- ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ↑ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
- ↑ "Results". Sunday Express. 16 July 1961. Retrieved 5 May 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "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 24 December 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
External links
[edit]- Pino Dordoni at World Athletics
- Pino Dordoni at Tilastopaja (registration required)
- Pino Dordoni at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Pino Dordoni at Olympics.com
- Pino Dordoni at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
- Pino Dordoni at Olympedia
- Pino Dordoni at InterSportStats
Categories:
- 1926 births
- 1998 deaths
- Italian men race walkers
- 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
- Athletes from Emilia-Romagna
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists in athletics
- 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
