Abdon Pamich

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Abdon Pamich
Abdon Pamich FIDAL.jpg
Personal information
Nationality Italian
Born (1933-10-03) 3 October 1933 (age 89)
Fiume, Italy
(now Rijeka, Croatia)
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Country Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Race walking
ClubAssociazione Amatori Atletica
Esso Club Genova
Esso Roma
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)20 km – 1:28:06 (1964)
50 km – 4:03:02 (1960) [1]
Medal record
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1964 Tokyo 50 km
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1960 Rome 50 km
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1962 Belgrade 50 km
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1966 Budapest 50 km
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1958 Stockholm 50 km
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1955 Barcelona 50 km
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1963 Naples 50 km
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1971 Izmir 50 km
World Race Walking Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1961 Lugano 50 km
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1965 Pescara 50 km

Abdon Pamich (born 3 October 1933) is a former Italian race walker. He competed in the race walking event at the 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, and 1972 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1960 and a gold in 1964. [1] Pamich was the Olympics flag bearer for Italy in 1972.

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Biography

Abdon Pamich posing among some of his trophies. Genoa, May 1964. Abdon Pamich 1964.jpg
Abdon Pamich posing among some of his trophies. Genoa, May 1964.

Pamich was born in Fiume (Rijeka, present-day Croatia) on 3 October 1933, at that time the city was under Italian jurisdiction. [2] He left Rijeka for Italy, with his older brother, on 24 September 1947 and joined his father who had emigrated earlier. [3]

On 16 October 1960 he set a world record over 50 km at 4:03:02 in Ponte San Pietro. Later he was inducted into the FIDAL Hall of Fame. [4]

Achievements

Olympic Games
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
1956 Olympic Games Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melbourne 11th20 km 1:36:03
1956 Olympic Games Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melbourne 4th50 km 4:39:00
1960 Olympic Games Flag of Italy.svg Rome 3rd50 km 4:27:55
1964 Olympic Games Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo 1st50 km 4:11:12 OR
1968 Olympic Games Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico City DNF 50 km DSQ
1972 Olympic Games Flag of Germany.svg Munich DNF 50 km DSQ

European champion in 1961 and 1966 and gold at Mediterranean Games in 1958, 1963 and 1971. [3]

National titles

Pamich won 40 national championships: [5]

See also

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