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Orazio Mariani

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Nationality
  
Italian

Height
  
1.79 m

Country
  
Italy

Name
  
Orazio Mariani

Weight
  
76 kg

Sport
  
Athletics

Role
  
Olympic athlete

Events
  
Sprint

Club
  
G.S. Baracca

Died
  
October 16, 1981


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Born
  
January 21, 1915 (
1915-01-21
)
Milan, Italy

Silver medals
  
Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

Similar People
  
Ralph Metcalfe, Jesse Owens, Frank Wykoff, Foy Draper

Personal best(s)
  
100 m: 10.4 (1938)

Orazio Mariani (January 21, 1915 – October 16, 1981) was an Italian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.

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Biography

He competed for Italy in the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his team mates Gianni Caldana, Elio Ragni and Tullio Gonnelli. In 1938 in the European Championships Mariani won the silver medal in the 200 metres.

National championships

Orazio Mariani has won 8 times the individual national championship.

  • 7 wins in the 100 metres (1933, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1943)
  • 1 win in the 200 metres (1943)
  • References

    Orazio Mariani Wikipedia