Piero Selvaggio

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Piero Selvaggio
Personal information
Nationality Italian
Born (1958-01-01) 1 January 1958 (age 67)
Palermo, Italy
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+12 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Country Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Sport Athletics
Event Long distance running
ClubCUS Palermo
Achievements and titles
Personal best
  • 5000 m: 13:27.08 (1984)
Medal record
European Indoor Championships

Piero Selvaggio (born 1 January 1958 in Palermo) is a retired male long-distance runner from Italy.

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Biography

He competed for his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. He is the twin brother of Antonio Selvaggio, also a long-distance runner. Selvaggio set his personal best (13:27.08) in the men's 5000 metres in 1984.

National titles

Piero Selvaggio has won 2 times the individual national championship. [1]

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References

  1. ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2012.