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Full name
  
Giuseppe Dordoni

Club
  
Diana PC

Nationality
  
Italian

Name
  
Pino Dordoni


Country
  
Italy

Role
  
Olympic athlete

Sport
  
Athletics

Events
  
Racewalking

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Born
  
June 28, 1926 (
1926-06-28
)
Piacenza, Italy

Personal best(s)
  
10km w.: 45:42.2 (1954) 20km w.: 1:32:38 (1960) 50km w.: 4:28:07 (1952)

Died
  
October 24, 1998, Piacenza, Italy

Gold medals
  
Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics - Men's 50km Walk

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Giuseppe "Pino" Dordoni (June 28, 1926 – October 24, 1998) was an Italian athlete who competed mainly in the 50 kilometre race walk.

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Biography

He competed for Italy at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland, where he won the gold medal in the men's 50 kilometre walk event. In 1950 he became European champion.

National championships

Pino Dordoni has won 26 times the individual national championship.

  • 11 wins on 10000 metres walk (1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957)
  • 10 wins on 20 km walk (1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957)
  • 5 wins on 50 km walk (1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954)
  • References

    Pino Dordoni Wikipedia