Pietro Farina (athlete)

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Pietro Farina
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1955-02-05) 5 February 1955 (age 69)
Sport
Event200 metres
Coached byEraldo Costa [1]

Pietro Farina (born 5 February 1955) is an Italian sprinter and later sprint coach.

He competed in the men's 200 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics. [2] At the 1977 Summer Universiade, Farina won a silver medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay and competed in the 200 metres, reaching the semi-final in the latter event. [3]

Farina is from the Italian town of Belgioioso, Lombardy. Upon returning from his Olympic participation, Farina was celebrated by a ceremony held on 8 August 1976, at which then-mayor Zanaboni Angelo attended and presented Farina with an award. [4]

Farina's athletics career lasted from about 1976 to 1986. [5] He retired in part due to experiencing peritonitis after racing against Pietro Mennea, his then-roommate and friend. [6]

For several years following his retirement, Farina was the head coach of the Annabella Pavia basketball team. [5]

On 12 September 2013, Farina commemorated his countryman Pietro Mennea on Mennea Day in Lombardy. [7]

In 2019 and 2021, Farina was an athletics coach in Italy. [8] [9]

As of 2022, Farina is the coach of the Athletica 100 Torri athletics club. [10]

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References

  1. Pietro Farina at Olympedia
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Pietro Farina Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  3. Results at Tilastopaja
  4. "Belgioioso Racconta...: Un belgioiosino alle Olimpiadi Belgioioso e i belgioiosini. Foto, video e storie di paese". Belgioioso Racconta... (in Italian). 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  5. 1 2 Marco Quaglini. "Farina senior e l'amico Mennea". La Provincia Pavese (in Italian).
  6. "Farina: potevo essere il nuovo Mennea". La Provincia Pavese (in Italian). 20 June 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
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  8. "𝐀 𝐏𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧, 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐢 𝐮𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢 𝐧𝐞𝐢 𝟐𝟎𝟎". athletica100torri (in Italian).
  9. "Primi meeting al coperto ori e piazzamenti sul podio per i giovani talenti pavesi". La Provincia Pavese (in Italian). 29 January 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  10. ".:Podisti.Net:. - Belgioioso (PV) - 1^ Memorial Marco Pavan". podisti.net (in Italian). Retrieved 15 December 2023.