Maurizio Damilano

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Maurizio Damilano
Maurizio Damilano (cropped).jpg
Damilano in the 1970s
Personal information
Born (1957-04-06) 6 April 1957 (age 67)
Scarnafigi, Italy
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Country Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Sport Athletics
Event Race walking
Club Sisport, Turin
C.S. Esercito
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 20 km race walk: 1:18:54 (1992)
  • 50 km race walk: 3:46:51 (1990)

Maurizio Damilano (born 6 April 1957) is an Italian former race walker. He won 15 individual medals (22 also with team events), at senior level, at the International athletics competitions. [1]

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Biography

He was the 1980 Olympic Champion and the 1987 and 1991 World Champion in the 20 km race walk. He has 60 caps in national team from 1977 to 1992. [2]

Damilano is also the world record holder of the 30 km race walk with the time of 2:01:44.1, achieved in Cuneo in 1992. He is the twin brother of the former race walker Giorgio Damilano and of the coach Sandro Damilano. [3]

In 1999, Maurizio Damilano and Giorgio Damilano founded Fit Walking.

Achievements

Olympic Games
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
1980 Olympic Games Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Moscow 1st 20 km 1:23:35 OR
1984 Olympic Games Flag of the United States.svg Los Angeles 3rd 20 km 1:23:26
1988 Olympic Games Flag of South Korea.svg Seoul 3rd 20 km 1:20:14
1992 Olympic Games Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona 4th 20 km 1:23:39
World Championships
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
1983 World Championships Flag of Finland.svg Helsinki 7th20 km 1:21:57
1987 World Championships Flag of Italy.svg Rome 1st20 km 1:20:45 CR
1991 World Championships Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo 1st20 km 1:19:37 CR
World Indoor Championships
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
1985 World Indoor Championships Flag of France.svg Paris 2nd5000 m 19:11.41
European Championships
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
1978 European Championships Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Prague 6th20 km 1:24:57
1982 European Championships Flag of Greece.svg Athens DQ 20 km NM
DNF 50 km NM
1986 European Championships Flag of Germany.svg Stuttgart 2nd20 km 1:21:17
DNF 50 km NM
1990 European Championships Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Split DNF 50 km NM
European Indoor Championships
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
1981 European Indoor Championships Flag of France.svg Grenoble 2nd5000 m19:13.90
1982 European Indoor Championships Flag of Italy.svg Milan 1st5000 m 19:40.28

National titles

Maurizio Damilano has won the individual national championship 21 times. [4] [5]

See also

References

  1. "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - UOMINI" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  2. Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
  3. "Centro di Marcia - Gli atlteti" (in Italian). scuolacamminosaluzzo.it. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  4. ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  5. "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 17 February 2013.