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| Nationality | Italian | |||||||
| Born | 25 August 1957 Fiesole, Italy | |||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | |||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | |||||||
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| Country |  Italy | |||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||
| Event(s) | Racewalking | |||||||
| Club | ASSI Giglio Rosso G.S. Fiamme Gialle | |||||||
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Alessandro Pezzatini (born 25 August 1957 in Fiesole, Province of Florence) is a retired male race walker from Italy.
He 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.
| Year | 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 |
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