Vincenzo Lombardo
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Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||
Born | Santo Stefano di Camastra, Italy | 21 January 1932||||||||||||||
Died | 2 December 2007 Milan, Italy | (aged 75)||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||
Club | G.S. Fiamme Gialle | ||||||||||||||
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Vincenzo Lombardo (21 January 1932, in Santo Stefano di Camastra – 2 December 2007, in Milan) was an Italian sprinter.
Biography
[edit]Vincenzo Lombardo won three medals at the International athletics competitions.[1] He participated at two editions of the Summer Olympics (1952 and 1956), he has 14 caps in national team from 1955 to 1960.[2]
After a successful career in athletics, he became a General of "Guardia de Finanza" and was active against criminals. He eventually went back to sports, starting as a sports manager and then rising up as a Chairman of FIDAL Regional Committee in Lombardi.[3]
One of his two daughters, Patrizia and Rossana, was also in sports, representing Italy in 100m and 400m hurdles.[4]
Olympic results
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Performance | Notes |
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1952 | Olympic Games | Heat | 400 metres | 49.3 | ||
1956 | Olympic Games | QF | 200 metres | 21.4 | ||
4th | 4×100 metres relay | 40.3 |
National titles
[edit]Vincenzo Lombardo has won 3 time the individual national championship.[5]
- 3 wins in the 400 metres (1952, 1954, 1955)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - UOMINI" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
- ^ Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
- ^ http://www.european-athletics.org/youth-athletics-programme-news/496-general/5881-death-of-italian-vincenzo-lombardo-.html [dead link]
- ^ "Vincenzo Lombardo". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
Father of Patrizia Lombardo; Father of Rossana Lombardo.
- ^ ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
External links
[edit]- 1932 births
- 2007 deaths
- Italian male sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Italy
- Athletics competitors of Fiamme Gialle
- Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Messina
- Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy
- Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1955 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
- Italian Athletics Championships winners
- 20th-century Italian sportspeople
- 21st-century Italian sportspeople