Mauro Zuliani (born 23 July 1959 in

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) is a former

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sprinter who specialized in the

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Biography

He won four medals at the

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, three of these with national relays team. He participated at two editions of the

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(1980 and 1984), he has 38 caps in

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from 1978 to 1987. He won a bronze medal in the

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at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

, with teammates

Stefano Malinverni Stefano Malinverni (born 14 May 1959) was an Italian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. Biography He won six medals at the International athletics competitions, four of these with national relays team. He participated at one edition of ...

Roberto Tozzi Roberto Tozzi (born 17 December 1958) was an Italian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. Biography He won a bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics, with teammates Stefano Malinverni, Mauro Zuliani and Pietro ...

and

Pietro Mennea Pietro Paolo Mennea (; 28 June 1952 – 21 March 2013), nicknamed ("the Arrow of the South"), was an Italian sprinter and politician. He was most successful in the 200m event, winning a gold medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, and set a world r ...

. His personal best time is 45.26 seconds, achieved in September 1981 at the

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Achievements

National titles

He has won 3 times the individual

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. *1 win in the

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(1979) *3 wins in the

(1981, 1982, 1986)

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* } {{DEFAULTSORT:Zuliani, Mauro 1959 births Living people Italian male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Italy Olympic athletes of Italy Athletes from Milan World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy Athletics competitors of Fiamme Oro Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Mediterranean Games Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Italian Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Italian people

Biography

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