Sergio Ottolina
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Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lentate sul Seveso, Italy | 23 November 1942|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | C.S. Esercito | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 1972 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sergio Ottolina (born 23 November 1942) is an Italian former sprinter. He won a bronze medal in the 200 m at the 1962 European Athletics Championships and a silver medal in the sprint medley relay at the 1966 European Indoor Games.
Biography
On 24 June 1964 he set a European record in the 200 m at 20.4 seconds that stood for three years.[1] He competed at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics in five individual and team sprint events in total, with the best achievements of seven place in the 4 × 100 m relay (1964 and 1968) and in the 4 × 400 m relay (1968).[2] Ottolina retired from competitions shortly before the 1972 Games due to a motorcycle accident.[3]
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time |
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1962 | European Championships | 3rd | 200 metres | 20.8 | |
1964 | Olympic Games | 8th | 200 metres | 20.9 | |
7th | 4×100 relay | 38.5 | |||
1966 | European Indoor Championships | 2nd | Medley relay | 3:22.2 | |
1968 | Olympic Games | 7th | 4×100 relay | 39.2 | |
7th | 4×400 relay | 3:04.6 |
National titles
- Two titles in the 100 metres at the Italian Athletics Championships (1963, 1964)[4]
See also
References
- ↑ "European Record Progression 200 m. men". Archived from the original on 8 July 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2009. . athletix.org
- ↑ Sergio Ottolina. sports-reference.com
- ↑ "Ottolina: " quanti scherzi al mio nemico Berruti "" (in Italian). corriere.it. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
- ↑ "ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
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