Franco Boffi (born 2 November 1958) is an Italian former
middle distance runner
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, who won a gold medal at the
Summer Universiade
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(1985).
Biography
He competed in the
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...
.
He was finalist (13th) at the
1987 World Championships in Athletics
The 2nd World Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held in the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy between August 28 and September 6, 1987.
Men's results
Track
1983 , 1987 , ...
, but in preliminary round he ran his personal best of ever (8:21:69).
Achievements
National titles
Franco Boffi has won 2 times the individual
national championship
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.
*1 win in
3000 metres steeplechase
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(1984)
*1 win in
3000 metres
The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track.
It is debated whether the 3000 m sho ...
indoor (1987)
See also
*
Italian all-time lists - 3000 metres steeplechase
References
External links
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1958 births
Living people
Athletes from Milan
Italian male middle-distance runners
Italian male steeplechase runners
Olympic athletes for Italy
Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
FISU World University Games gold medalists for Italy
Medalists at the 1985 Summer Universiade
Italian Athletics Championships winners
20th-century Italian sportsmen