Giorgio Damilano

Giorgio Damilano
Damilano in the 1970s
Personal information
Born (1957-04-06) 6 April 1957
Scarnafigi, Italy
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
CountryItaly Italy
SportAthletics
Event
Race walking
ClubIveco Torino
Achievements and titles
Personal best
  • 20 km race walk: 1:23:43 (1985)

Giorgio Damilano (born in Scarnafigi, 6 April 1957) is an Italian former race walker.

He is the twin brother of Italian race walker legend Maurizio Damilano and brother of the coach Sandro Damilano.[1]

Biography

He was 11th at the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow. He also won a National championships in 20 km walk (1979).

In 1999, Maurizio Damilano and Giorgio Damilano founded Fit Walking.

Giorgio Damilano is one of the coaches of the Saluzzo Race Walking School, created by the town of Saluzzo in 2002,[2] the school is also the center for the diffusion of Fit Walking and training center of international race walking.[3]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventPerformanceNotes
1980 Olympic Games Soviet Union Moscow 11th 20 km walk 1:33:26[4]

National titles

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Centro di Marcia - Gli atlteti" (in Italian). scuolacamminosaluzzo.it. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "ATC Saluzzo". iaaf.org. Archived from the original on 4 November 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  3. ↑ "Fitwalking Day In Saluzzo". youtube.com. 25 January 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  4. ↑ "Athletics at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Men's 20 kilometres Walk". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  5. ↑ "ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
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