Abdon Pamich (born 3 October 1933) is a former Italian
race walker
Race walking, or racewalking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Race judges carefully asses ...
. He competed in the
race walking
Race walking, or racewalking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Race judges carefully asses ...
event at the 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, and 1972 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1960 and a gold in 1964.
Pamich was the
Olympics flag bearer for Italy in 1972.
Biography

Pamich was born in Fiume (
Rijeka
Rijeka (;
Fiume ( �fjuËme in Italian and in Fiuman dialect, Fiuman Venetian) is the principal seaport and the List of cities and towns in Croatia, third-largest city in Croatia. It is located in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County on Kvarner Ba ...
, present-day Croatia) on 3 October 1933, at that time the city was under Italian jurisdiction. He left Rijeka for Italy, with his older brother, on 24 September 1947 and joined his father who had emigrated earlier.
On 16 October 1960 he set a
world record over 50 km at 4:03:02 in
Ponte San Pietro. Later he was inducted into the
FIDAL Hall of Fame.
Achievements
European champion in 1961 and 1966 and gold at Mediterranean Games in 1958, 1963 and 1971.
National titles
Pamich won 40
national championships:
* 13 in the
10 km walk (1956 and 12 times consecutively from 1958 to 1969)
* 13 in the
20 km walk (12 times consecutively from 1958 to 1969 and 1971)
* 14 in the
50 km walk (consecutively from 1955 to 1969)
See also
*
Legends of Italian sport - Walk of Fame
*
List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games
Only a small fraction of the world's population ever competes at the Olympic Games; an even smaller fraction competes in multiple Games. 950 athletes (648 men and 302 women) have participated in at least five Olympics from 1896 Summer Olympics ...
*
Italian Athletics Championships – Multi winners
References
External links
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1933 births
Sportspeople from Rijeka
Living people
Italian male race walkers
Olympic male race walkers
Olympic athletes for Italy
Olympic gold medalists for Italy
Olympic bronze medalists for Italy
Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
Mediterranean Games gold medalists in athletics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1955 Mediterranean Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1963 Mediterranean Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1971 Mediterranean Games
World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships winners
European Athletics Championships winners
Italian Athletics Championships winners
Japan Championships in Athletics winners
Italian people of Croatian descent
20th-century Italian sportsmen