Michele Didoni (born 7 March 1974 in
Milan
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) is an Italian retired
race walker
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, world champion of the
20 km race walk
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at
Gothenburg 1995.
Biography
He won six times the
national championships
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at
senior
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* Senior (name), a surname ...
level. and after his retire, he was the
coach
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Guidance/instruction
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of Italian Olympic champion
Alex Schwazer
Alex Schwazer, OMRI (born 26 December 1984), is an Italian race walker. He was the 2008 Olympic 50k walk champion.
Just before the 2012 Summer Olympics, he was disqualified for two years for doping with EPO. He immediately admitted his guilt ...
.
Achievements
National titles
*
Italian Athletics Championships
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The first edition, four races only, was held in 1906 at Arena Civica in ...
**
10 km walk: road: 1994, 1996, 1998, 2001
**
20 km walk
The 20 kilometre race walk is an Olympic athletics event that is competed by both men and women. The racewalking event is competed as a road race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight un ...
: road: 1995
**
50 km walk: road: 1998
See also
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FIDAL Hall of Fame
The IAAF Hall of Fame is a hall of fame which was established by the Italian Athletics Federation (, FIDAL) in 2012. The FIDAL Hall of Fame includes Italian athletes who have excelled in the history of athletics and who meet certain criteria.
Cri ...
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Italian all-time lists - 20 km walk
References
External links
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1974 births
Living people
Italian male race walkers
Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Italy
Athletes from Milan
World Athletics Championships medalists
World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
Athletics competitors of Centro Sportivo Carabinieri
Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy
Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy
Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1997 Mediterranean Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
World Athletics Championships winners
20th-century Italian sportsmen
21st-century Italian sportsmen
Italian Athletics Championships winners