Alighiero Guglielmi
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Personal information | |
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National team | Italy: 1 cap (1947)[1] |
Born | Alessandria, Italy[1] | 15 August 1912
Died | 1988 Calolziocorte, Italy | (aged 75–76)
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Racewalking |
Club | I.C. Bentegodi Verona[1] |
Retired | 1955[2] |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best |
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Alighiero Guglielmi (15 August 1912 - 1988) was an Italian racewalker.[2]
Biography
Guglielmi was one of the most celebrated Italian racewalkers of the 1940s. Several times winner of the grueling 100 km walk, one of the most famous competition of the racewalking at the time. He did not participate in the Olympic Games only due to World War II, because those of Tokyo 1940 were suppressed, while at the time of Helsinki 1952 he was close to retirement at the age of 40.[2]
National titles
Guglielmi won two titles at the national championships at individual senior level.[3]
- Italian Athletics Championships
- 50 km walk: 1940, 1942
References
- ^ a b c d "Annuario FIDAL dell'atletica 2010" (PDF) (in Italian). asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ a b c "Questo mito dello sport aveva profonde origini alessandrine perché in città Guglielmi divenne un fuoriclasse capace di vincere tre 100 km consecutive" (in Italian). lastampa.it. 13 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ "TUTTI I CAMPIONI ITALIANI 1906-2014" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
External links
- Wikipedia dedica una pagina al campione di marcia calolziese Alighiero Guglielmi at Leccotoday.it (in Italian)
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- CS1 Italian-language sources (it)
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- 1912 births
- 1988 deaths
- Italian male racewalkers
- Sportspeople from Alessandria
- 20th-century Italian people
- Italian Athletics Championships winners