Alessandro Pezzatini (born 25 August 1957 in Fiesole, Province of Florence) is a retired male race walker from Italy.
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Nationality | Italian | ||||||||
Born | Fiesole, Italy | 25 August 1957||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||
Event | Racewalking | ||||||||
Club | ASSI Giglio Rosso G.S. Fiamme Gialle | ||||||||
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Personal best |
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Medal record
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Biography
editHe set his personal best on the 20 km walk in 1984 with a time of 1:20.18 (the time is still the best performance Italian 7th all-time),[1] obtaining the qualification for the Olympic Games in Los Angeles where, however, he could not repeat that time and was ranked 28th with a time of 12.1 minutes over that.
Achievements
editYear | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time | Notes |
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1981 | World Race Walking Cup | Valencia | 3rd | 20 km | ||
1982 | European Championships | Athens | 5th | 20 km | ||
1983 | World Championships | Helsinki | 24th | 20 km | ||
1984 | Olympic Games | Los Angeles | 28th | 20 km | ||
1985 | World Race Walking Cup | St John's | 15th | 20 km |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "LISTE ITALIANE ALL TIME" (PDF) (in Italian). fidal.it. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
External links
edit- Alessandro Pezzatini at World Athletics
- Alessandro Pezzatini at Olympics.com
- Alessandro Pezzatini at Olympedia
- Alessandro Pezzatini at the CONI honored athlete website (in Italian)