Nationality Italian Name Maurizio Damilano Events Racewalking Olympic Games 1 Weight 70 kg | Sport Athletics Height 1.83 m Country Italy Role Olympic athlete | |
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Born 6 April 1957 (age 67) ( 1957-04-06 ) Scarnafigi, Italy Club Sisport Iveco Fiat, Turin Personal best(s) 20 km race walk: 1:18:54 (1992)
50 km race walk: 3:46:51 (1990) Siblings Giorgio Damilano, Sandro Damilano Gold medals Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 20 kilometres walk Similar People Jozef Pribilinec, Ernesto Canto, Raul Gonzalez | ||
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Maurizio Damilano (born 6 April 1957 in Scarnafigi, Italy) is an Italian former race walker. He won 15 medals individual (22 also with team events), at senior level, at the International athletics competitions.
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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.
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.
National championships
Maurizio Damilano has won the individual national championship 21 times.
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