Nickname(s) Gianni Olympic Games 0 Weight 63 kg Coached by Mario De Benedictis Height 1.83 m | Country Italy Role Olympic athlete Nationality Italian Name Giovanni Benedictis Events Racewalking | |
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Born January 8, 1968 (age 56) ( 1968-01-08 ) Pescara, Italy Personal best(s) 3 km walk: 11:35.34
10 km walk: 39:42.50
20 km walk: 1:20:29
30 km walk: 2:09:25
50 km walk: 3:48:06 Club Centro Sportivo Carabinieri Bronze medals Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk | ||
Giovanni de benedictis fondo veloce 8 km 3 56 km
Giovanni De Benedictis (born 8 January 1968 in Pescara) is a retired Italian race walker, that won 9 medals at individual level, 7 of these at senior level, at the International athletics competitions. He participated at five editions of the Summer Olympics (from 1988 to 2004), this like only two others Italian athletes in track and field: the other racewalker champion Abdon Pamich and the sprinter Pietro Mennea. He also won four medals at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup team events (Lugano Trophy).
Contents
- Giovanni de benedictis fondo veloce 8 km 3 56 km
- Giovanni de benedictis gara preolimpica a barcellona 1992
- Biography
- World best performances
- National titles
- References
Giovanni de benedictis gara preolimpica a barcellona 1992
Biography
Giovanni De Benedictis has won 28 times the individual national championship, third of all-time after Abdon Pamich (40) and Antonio Ambu (34). He has 42 caps in seventeen years in national team from 1987 to 2004.
In addition to the five Olympic Games, he participated in six World Outdoor Championships and two of the World Indoor, four editions of the European Outdoor Championships and five European Indoor, six editions of the World Race Walking Cup and four of the European Race Walking Cup.
World best performances
National titles
He won 28 times the national championships at senior level.