Giovanni Modena

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Giovanni Modena
Personal information
National team
  • Italy (athletics): 13 caps (1972-1977) [1]
Born (1954-09-01) 1 September 1954 (age 69) [2]
Verona, Italy
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
Sport
Events
  • Decathlon (athletics)
  • Four-man event (bobsleigh)

Giovanni "Gianni" Modena (born 1 September 1954) is a former Italian combined-event athlete and bobsledder.

Contents

Modena won eight national championships at individual senior level. [3] [4]

Achievements

Athletics

National titles

Bobsleigh

He competed in the four man event at the 1980 Winter Olympics. [5]

See also

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References

  1. "Annuario FIDAL dell'atletica 2010" (PDF) (in Italian). asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  2. Giovanni Modena at Olympedia
  3. "TUTTI I CAMPIONI ITALIANI 1906-2014" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  4. "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  5. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Giovanni Modena Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2018.