Pino Dordoni
- October 24, 1998
- 72 years
About Pino Dordoni
Pino Dordoni, 72, Italian race walker and Olympic champion (1948, 1952, 1956, 1960).
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Full Biography
|Giuseppe Dordoni (28 June 1926 – 24 October 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.
Dordoni finished second behind Ken Matthews in the 2 miles walk event at the 1961 AAA Championships.
Achievements
National titles
Pino Dordoni has won 26 times the individual national championship.
- 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)
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