Franco Arese

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Franco Arese
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Personal information
Full nameFrancesco Arese
Nationality Italian
Born (1944-04-13) 13 April 1944 (age 79)
Centallo, Italy
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Country Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Sport Athletics
Event Middle distance running
ClubAtalanta Balangero
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 800 m: 1:46.6 (1972)
  • 1500 m: 3:36.3 (1971)
  • Mile: 3:56.7 (1971)
  • 5000 m: 13:40.0 (1971)
  • 10000 m: 28:27.0 (1971)
Medal record
European Athletics Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1971 Helsinki 1500 m

Francesco "Franco" Arese (born 13 April 1944 in Centallo) is an Italian middle-distance runner, competing mainly at 1500 m. Arese won the 1500 meters final at the 1971 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland. [1]

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He was the President of Italian Athletics Federation (FIDAL). [2]

Biography

Arese has won several Italian championships on 800, 1500 and 5000 meters. [3] He competed in both the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City and the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, but on both occasions failed to qualify for the final.

National titles

He won 12 times the national championship.

See also

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References

  1. ↑ gbrathletics – European Championships (Men) Archived July 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Franco Arese – Presidente federale" (in Italian). fial.it. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "gbrathletics – Italian Championships". Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
  5. 1 2 "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
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