Maurizio Damilano

Maurizio Damilano
Maurizio Damilano (with the number 1)
Personal information
Nationality Italian
Born (1957-04-06) 6 April 1957
Scarnafigi, Italy
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Country Italy Italy
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Race walking
Club Sisport, Turin
C.S. Esercito
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 20 km race walk: 1:18:54 (1992)
  • 50 km race walk: 3:46:51 (1990)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 0 2
World Championships 2 0 0
World Indoor Championships 0 1 0
European Championships 0 1 0
European Indoor Championships 1 1 0
Universiade 1 1 0
Mediterranean Games 3 0 0
World Race Walking Cup 2 4 2
Total 10 8 4
Olympic Games
1980 Moscow20 km walk
1984 Los Angeles20 km walk
1988 Seoul20 km walk
World Championships
1987 Rome20 km walk
1991 Tokyo20 km walk
World Indoor Championship
1985 Paris5,000 m
European Championships
1986 Stuttgart20 km walk
European Indoor Championships
1982 Milan5,000 m
1981 Grenoble5,000 m
Universiade
1981 Bucharest 20 km walk
1983 Edmonton 20 km walk
Mediterranean Games
1983 Casablanca20 km walk
1987 Latakia20 km walk
1991 Athens20 km walk
World Race Walking Cup
1981 ValenciaCombined Team
1991 San JosèCombined Team
1985 St John's20 km walk
1983 BergenCombined Team
1987 New York CityCombined Team
1989 L'HospitaletCombined Team
1977 Mylton KeynesCombined Team
1985 St John'sCombined Team

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.[1]

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.[2]

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.[3]

Achievements

Olympic Games
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
1980 Olympic Games Soviet Union Moscow 1st 20 km 1:23:35 OR
1984 Olympic Games United States Los Angeles 3rd 20 km 1:23:26
1988 Olympic Games South Korea Seoul 3rd 20 km 1:20:14
1992 Olympic Games Spain Barcelona 4th 20 km 1:23:39
World Championships
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
1983 World Championships Finland Helsinki 7th 20 km 1:21:57
1987 World Championships Italy Rome 1st 20 km 1:20:45 CR
1991 World Championships Japan Tokyo 1st 20 km 1:19:37 CR
World Indoor Championships
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
1985 World Indoor Championships France Paris 2nd 5000 m 19:11.41
European Championships
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
1978 European Championships Czechoslovakia Prague 6th 20 km 1:24:57
1982 European Championships Greece Athens 20 km DQ NM
50 km DNF NM
1986 European Championships West Germany Stuttgart 2nd 20 km 1:21:17
50 km DNF NM
1990 European Championships Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Split 50 km DNF NM
European Indoor Championships
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
1981 European Indoor Championships France Grenoble 2nd 5000 m 19:13.90
1982 European Indoor Championships Italy Milan 1st 5000 m 19:40.28

National titles

Maurizio Damilano has won the individual national championship 21 times.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - UOMINI" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  2. ↑ Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
  3. ↑ "Centro di Marcia - Gli atlteti" (in Italian). scuolacamminosaluzzo.it. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  4. ↑ ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  5. ↑ "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
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