Michele Didoni

Michele Didoni
Miche Didoni (right) with his temmate Giovanni De Benedictis in 1995
Personal information
Nationality Italian
Born (1974-03-07) March 7, 1974
Milan
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Country Italy Italy
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Race walking
Club C.S. Carabinieri
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 20 km: 1:19:59 (1995)
  • 50 km: 3:51:53 (1998)
Medal record
World Championships
1995 Gothenburg20 km walk team
Mediterranean Games
1997 Bari20 km walk

Michele Didoni (born 7 March 1974 in Milan) is an Italian retired race walker, world champion of the 20 km race walk at Gothenburg 1995.

Biography

He won six times the national championships at senior level.[1] and after his retire, he was the coach of Italian Olympic champion Alex Schwazer.[2]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Italy
1992 World Junior Championships Seoul, South Korea 6th 10,000 m 41:42.75
1994 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 10th 20 km 1:23:21
1995 World Race Walking Cup Beijing, PR China 5th 20 km 1:20:50
World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 1st 20 km 1:19:59
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 34th 20 km 1:26:02
1997 World Championships Athens, Greece 7th 20 km 1:23:14
Mediterranean Games Bari, Italy 2nd 20 km 1:25:21
1998 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 11th 20 km 1:25.54
1999 World Championships Seville, Spain 10th 20 km 1:26:00
2000 European Race Walking Cup Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 14th 20 km 1:21:51
Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 11th 20 km 1:21:43
2002 European Championships Munich, Germany — 20 km DSQ
2003 World Championships Paris, France 16th 20 km 1:21:23
2005 Mediterranean Games Almería, Spain 3rd 20 km 1:26:06

National titles

See also

References

  1. ↑ "CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" – UOMINI TUTTI I CAMPIONI – 1906-2016" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Walk champion Schwazer excluded for doping". uk.reuters.com. Retrieved 29 August 2015. "I trusted him, he took me for a ride. Just to think, a few months ago I put my daughter Micol in his arms for her baptism," Schwazer's coach Michele Didoni, himself a former race walking world champion, told Italian news agency AGI.
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