Maurizio Damilano

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Maurizio Damilano
Sandro Bellucci, Giorgio and Maurizio Damilano, Raffaello Ducceschi.jpg
Maurizio Damilano (with the number 1)
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1957-04-06) 6 April 1957 (age 64)
Scarnafigi, Italy
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
CountryItaly Italy
SportAthletics
Event(s)Race walking
ClubSisport, 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
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow 20 km walk
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Los Angeles 20 km walk
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Seoul 20 km walk
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1987 Rome 20 km walk
Gold medal – first place 1991 Tokyo 20 km walk
World Indoor Championship
Silver medal – second place 1985 Paris 5,000 m
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1986 Stuttgart 20 km walk
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1982 Milan 5,000 m
Silver medal – second place 1981 Grenoble 5,000 m
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1981 Bucharest 20 km walk
Silver medal – second place 1983 Edmonton 20 km walk
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1983 Casablanca 20 km walk
Gold medal – first place 1987 Latakia 20 km walk
Gold medal – first place 1991 Athens 20 km walk
World Race Walking Cup
Gold medal – first place 1981 Valencia Combined Team
Gold medal – first place 1991 San Josè Combined Team
Silver medal – second place 1985 St John's 20 km walk
Silver medal – second place 1983 Bergen Combined Team
Silver medal – second place 1987 New York City Combined Team
Silver medal – second place 1989 L'Hospitalet Combined Team
Bronze medal – third place 1977 Mylton Keynes Combined Team
Bronze medal – third place 1985 St John's Combined 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]

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

Achievements[]

Olympic Games
Year Competition Venue Position Event Time Notes
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
Year Competition Venue Position Event Time Notes
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
Year Competition Venue Position Event Time Notes
1985 World Indoor Championships France Paris 2nd 5000 m 19:11.41
European Championships
Year Competition Venue Position Event Time Notes
1978 European Championships Czechoslovakia Prague 6th 20 km 1:24:57
1982 European Championships Greece Athens DQ 20 km NM
DNF 50 km NM
1986 European Championships West Germany Stuttgart 2nd 20 km 1:21:17
DNF 50 km NM
1990 European Championships Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Split DNF 50 km NM
European Indoor Championships
Year Competition Venue Position Event Time Notes
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]

  • 6 wins in the 10,000 m walk (1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985)
  • 1 win in the 15 km walk (1987)
  • 10 wins in the 20 km walk (1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1992)
  • 3 wins in the 50 km walk (1985, 1986, 1989)
  • 1 win in the 3000 metres walk indoor (1984)

See also[]

  • Walk of Fame of Italian sport
  • Italy national athletics team – Multiple medalists
  • Italy national athletics team - More caps
  • Italian Athletics Championships - Multi winners
  • FIDAL Hall of Fame
  • Italian all-time lists - 20 km walk
  • Italian all-time lists - 50 km walk
  • Italy at the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships
  • Fit Walking
  • Saluzzo Race Walking School

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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