Gianfranco Baraldi

Gianfranco Baraldi

Personal information
National team	Italy: 17 caps (1955-1960) [1]
Born	(1935-08-26) 26 August 1935 (age 90) Latina, Italy
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	Middle distance running
Club	Libertas Bergamo
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	800 m: 1:49.3 (1958) 1500 m: 3:42.3 (1958)

Gianfranco Baraldi (born 29 September 1935) is a former Italian middle distance runner. ^[1]

Biography

Gianfranco Baraldi participated at two editions of the Summer Olympics (1956, 1960), he has 17 caps in national team from 1955 to 1960. ^[2]

He is president for ten years, from 2012 to 2017, of the National Associazione Nazionale Atleti Azzurri d’Italia (Association of Blue Athletes of Italy), ANAAI. In the following four years, Stefano Mei succeeded him, in 2021 he was elected president of the Italian Athletics Federation (FIDAL). ^{[3] [4]}

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Performance	Note
1956	Olympic Games	Melbourne	Heat	800 metres	1:51.9
			Heat	1500 metres	3:52.0
1960	Olympic Games	Rome	Heat	800 metres	1:52.0

National titles

Gianfranco Baraldi has won 9 times the individual national championship. ^[5]

• 3 wins in 800 metres (1956, 1958, 1959)
• 4 wins in 1500 metres (1955, 1956, 1957, 1958)
• 1 win in 5000 metres (1957)
• 1 win in Cross country running (1958)

See also

• Italy at the 1956 Summer Olympics
• Italy at the 1960 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 7 April 2021.
2. Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
3. "Mei presidente degli Azzurri d'Italia" (in Italian). fidal.it. 21 March 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
4. "Fidal, Stefano Mei nuovo presidente: "L'atletica è gioia, ora discontinuità"" (in Italian). gazzetta.it. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
5. ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2012.

External links

• Gianfranco Baraldi at World Athletics
• Gianfranco Baraldi at Olympics.com
• Gianfranco Baraldi at Olympedia