Raffaello Ducceschi (born 25 February 1962) is a former Italian
race walker
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, who took fifth and eighth place in two
Olympic Games
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.
Biography

Ducceschi won one medal, at individual level, at the
International athletics competitions
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* Multi-sport events, commonly referred to as games, where athletics events form part of a wider sporting programme
* World ch ...
. He participated at two
Summer Olympic Games (1984 and 1988), he has 11 caps in
national team
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The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exam ...
from 1983 to 1989.
Twice a finalist in the
50 kilometres race walk
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at the
Olympic Games
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(in
Los Angeles 1984
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and
Seoul 1988
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), his best result was the
1987 World Championships in Athletics
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Men's results
Track
1983 , 1987 ...
, when though struck with dysentery during the race and being forced to stop along the roadside several times, he was able to reach the finish line, taking fourth place.
He was trained from 1980 to 1984 by Roberto Vanzillotta, 1985–1986 by Antonio La Torre, the first half of 1987 by Peter Pastorini, and from May 1987 to all of 1988 by
Sandro Damilano
Sandro Damilano (born 24 February 1950, in Scarnafigi) is an Italian athletics coach.
He is the brother of the Italian twin race walker, Maurizio and Giorgio, which began to coached in the mid-1970s.
Biography
He was the coach of the Italy nati ...
in
Saluzzo
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The city of Saluzzo is built on a hill overlooking a vast, well-cultivated plain. Iron, lead, silver, marble, slate etc. are f ...
with
Maurizio and Giorgio Damilano.
Having carried out a career as an
athlete
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Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-dev ...
, Duccechi moved to
Barcelona
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, Spain, where he is a professional graphic designer and teaches at the university. Since 2001 he has been practicing and teaching
Fitwalking
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.
Statistics
National records
*
50 km walk
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: 3:44:27 (
Molfetta
Molfetta (; Molfettese: ) is a town located in the northern side of the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, southern Italy.
It has a well restored old city, and its own dialect.
History
The earliest local signs of permanent habitation are at ...
, 17 April 1988) until 13 August 1994
[
]
Personal bests
*10 km walk (track): 40:56 ( Cittadella
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, 10 May 1987)
*20 km walk: 1:24:55 ( Piacenza
Piacenza (; egl, label= Piacentino, Piaṡëinsa ; ) is a city and in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, and the capital of the eponymous province. As of 2022, Piacenza is the ninth largest city in the region by population, with over ...
, 13 May 1984)[
*20 km walk (track) 1:27:28 ( ]Mestre
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Administratively, Mestre forms (together with the nearby Carpenedo) the ''Municipalità d ...
, 14 April 1984)[
*50 km walk: 3:44:27 ( ]Molfetta
Molfetta (; Molfettese: ) is a town located in the northern side of the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, southern Italy.
It has a well restored old city, and its own dialect.
History
The earliest local signs of permanent habitation are at ...
, 17 April 1988)
Progression
;50 km walk
Achievements
National titles
Ducceschi won three national championships at individual senior level.
*Italian Athletics Championships
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The first edition, four races only, ...
**50 km walk: 1983, 1984, 1988 (3)
Honours
:
CONI
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: Golden Collar of Sports Merit:
See also
* Italian all-time lists - 50 km walk
* Italian team at the running events
The Italian team at the running events represents Italy at senior level at the road running (marathon, half marathon), racewalking, cross country running and track long-distance running (10,000 metres) events, such as World championships, Wo ...
* Italy at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup
Italy has competed at every edition of the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships (IAAF World Race Walking Cup until 2016, than IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships until 2018) form Lugano 1961.
Medals
Update to 2018 Taicang
...
* Italy at the European Race Walking Cup
Italy at the European Race Walking Team Championships, at senior level, participated at all editions of the European Race Walking Team Championships (European Race Walking Cup until 2021) from La Coruña 1996.
Medals
The statistics refers at 20 ...
References
External links
*
Raffaello Ducceschi
at La marcia nel mondo
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ducceschi, Raffaello
1962 births
Living people
People from Sesto San Giovanni
Italian male racewalkers
Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes of Italy
Athletics competitors of Fiamme Oro
Italian designers
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
Universiade gold medalists for Italy
Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade
Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Milan
20th-century Italian people