Giuseppe Russo (athlete)

Giuseppe Russo

Personal information
National team	Italy: 5 caps (1934-1947) [1]
Born	(1913-03-13)13 March 1913 [1] Palermo, Italy [1]
Died	July 5, 2010(2010-07-05) (aged 97) [2] Rome, Italy [2]
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Hurdling
Club	Ginnastica Roma (1927-1933) GUF Roma (1934-1944) U.S. Milanese (1945-1947)
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	110 m hs: 15.0 (1947) [3] 400 m hs: 54.7 (1939) [4]

Giuseppe "Peppino" Russo (13 March 1913 - 5 July 2010) was an Italian hurdler and sport coach, he was 7th in the 400 m hs at the 1938 European Athletics Championships. ^[1]

Biography

Federal technician from 1947 to 1968, he participated as athletic coach of the sprinting, in six Olympics from London 1948 to Mexico City 1968. Among the athletes he trained there was Livio Berruti, gold medal in the 200 m at the Olympics in Rome 1960. ^[5]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Rank	Event	Time	Notes
1938	European Championships	Paris	7th	400 m hs	54.8	[6]

See also

• Italy at the 1938 European Athletics Championships

References

1. "Annuario FIDAL dell'atletica 2010" (PDF) (in Italian). asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
2. "Atletica / Con Peppino Russo scompare l'ultimo dei maestri" (in Italian). sportolimpico.it. 7 July 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
3. "110 METRI OSTACOLI – UOMINI" (PDF) (in Italian). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
4. "Liste italiane maschili 1939". asaibrunobonomelli.it. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
5. "Addio a Peppino Russo" (in Italian). fidal.it. 5 July 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
6. "II European Championship, Wien 1938". trackfield.brinkster.net. Retrieved 19 March 2021.

External links

• Giuseppe Russo at FIDAL (in Italian)
• Giuseppe Russo at Faustoeugeni.it (in Italian)
• Giuseppe Russo at Spiridon Italia (in Italian)