Alfonso Orlando

Alfonso Orlando

Orlando in 1909.
Personal information
National team	Italy: 1 cap (1912) [1]
Born	(1892-05-17)17 May 1892 Nocera Inferiore, Italy
Died	29 August 1969(1969-08-29) (aged 77) Bergamo, Italy
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Long-distance running
Club	Atalanta Bergamo [1]
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	3000 m: 9:24.4 (1912) 5000 m: 15:46.8 (1912) 10000 m: 32:57.2 (1912)

Alfonso Orlando (17 May 1892 - 29 August 1969) was an Italian long-distance runner and actor. He competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics ^[2] and acted in the movie A Man Named John (1963). ^[3]

National records

• 3000 metres: 9:24.4 (Milan, 20 June 1912) - record holder until 8 July 1913. ^[1]
• 5000 metres: 9:24.4 (Milan, 20 June 1912) - record holder until 8 July 1913. ^[1]
• 10,000 metres: 32:57.2 (Milan, 12 May 1912) - record holder until 26 September 1914. ^[1]

National titles

Orlando won two national championships at individual senior level. ^[4]

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • 5000 metres: 1911, 1912 (2)

See also

• Italy at the 1912 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Annuario FIDAL dell'atletica 2010" (PDF) (in Italian). asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
2. "Italy Athletics at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
3. "Alfonso Orlando". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
4. "TUTTI I CAMPIONI ITALIANI 1906-2014" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

External links

• Alfonso Orlando at World Athletics
• Alfonso Orlando at Olympics.com
• Alfonso Orlando at Olympedia
• Alfonso Orlando: passi corti, cuore grande (in Italian)