Carlo Butti (1 September 1891 – 14 March 1971) was an Italian
decathlete
The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of 10 track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δÎκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄθΠ...
who competed at the
1920 Summer Olympics
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Biography
He specialized in throws, but versatile to the point of participating in the
Olympic Games in Antwerp 1920 in the
decathlon
The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of 10 track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δÎκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄ ...
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He has been nine times
Italian champion in four different disciplines of athletics.
From 1929 to 1930, he was secretary of the
Italian Athletics Federation
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The Italian Federation, founded on 21 October 1906, on initiative of ''La Gazzetta dello Sp ...
(FIDAL) with the president
Augusto Turati, a role that he continued to hold for a few months also in 1931, with the president
Luigi Ridolfi
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National titles
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Italian Athletics Championships
The Italian Athletics Championships () are the national championships in Athletics (sport), athletics, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera.
The first edition, four races only, was held in 1906 at Arena Civica in ...
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Standing high jump
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1914
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(1)
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Stone throw: 1921, 1922 (2)
** Vibrated ball: 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922 (4)
** Team vibrated ball: 1920, 1921 (2)
See also
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Men's high jump Italian record progression
References
External links
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1891 births
1971 deaths
Athletes from Milan
Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Italian decathletes
Olympic athletes for Italy
Olympic decathletes
20th-century Italian sportsmen