Giovanni "Gianni" Puggioni (born 19 March 1966) is a former Italian sprinter who specialized in the

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400-metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slight ...

Biography

Puggioni was born in

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, he won eleven medals at the

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, five of these with national relays team. His personal best 200 metres time is 20.44 seconds, achieved at the

1997 Mediterranean Games The XIII Mediterranean Games, commonly known as the 1997 Mediterranean Games, were the 13th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Bari, Italy, from 13 to 25 June 1997, where 2,956 athletes (2,166 men and 790 women) from 21 countries partici ...

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. His personal best 100 metres time is 10.36 seconds, achieved in July 1995 in

Cesenatico Cesenatico () is a port town with about 26,000 inhabitants on the Adriatic coast of Italy. It is located in the province of Forlì-Cesena in the region of Emilia-Romagna, about south of Ravenna. Cesenatico's port canal was surveyed and drawn by Le ...

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National titles

Puggioni won seven national championships at individual

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level. *

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 ...

**100 m: 1995, 1996 (2) **200 m: 1990, 1997 (2) *

Italian Indoor Athletics Championships The Italian Athletics Indoor Championships () are the national championships in athletics of the indoor events, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera from 1970 (first edition was held in Genoa). Titles assigned conce ...

**60 m: 1997 (1) **200 m: 1991 (2)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Puggioni, Giovanni 1966 births Living people Sportspeople from Sassari Athletes from Sardinia Italian male sprinters Athletics competitors of Fiamme Gialle Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Italy World Athletics Championships medalists Italian masters athletes World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1997 Mediterranean Games Italian Athletics Championships winners Military World Games gold medalists for Italy Military World Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Military World Games silver medalists for Italy 20th-century Italian sportsmen

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