Gelindo Bordin
Gelindo Bordin
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| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1959-04-02) 2 April 1959 Vicenza, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Marathon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Atalanta Paf Alitrans Verona | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gelindo Bordin (born 2 April 1959) is an Italian former athlete, winner of the marathon race at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He is the only male to win both the Boston Marathon and an Olympic gold medal in the marathon.
Contents
1 Biography
2 Achievements
3 See also
4 References
5 External links
Biography[edit]
Born at Vicenza, Bordin made his first breakthrough at the 1986 European Championships, where he won a gold medal.[1] His next international competition was at the 1987 World Championships in Rome. The marathon race was held on a very hot and humid day, and Bordin wisely held back from the leaders in the early stages. He caught up the leaders after the 35 km mark and finally settled to third place.
At the Olympic marathon in Seoul, Bordin stayed with the leaders from the start, and after 25 km (16 mi) the leading pack started losing contact one by one, and with 5 km (3.1 mi) remaining, only three runners remained: Bordin, Douglas Wakiihuri from Kenya and Hussein Ahmed Salah from Djibouti. With 3 km (1.9 mi) to go, Salah and Wakiihuri sprinted forward, and Bordin passed them with 1 km (0.62 mi) to go to win the gold medal.[2]
Bordin successfully defended his European marathon title in 1990, becoming the first man to win the title twice, but at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, he finished in a disappointing eighth place.[3] Bordin attempted to defend his Olympic title at 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, but he strained a groin muscle jumping over a fallen runner just after the halfway mark, and failed to finish. Shortly after the Olympics Bordin decided to retire.[4]
Bordin is the only male to win both the Boston Marathon and an Olympic gold medal in the marathon.[5] He won the Boston Marathon in 1990 and describes the victory as his "second greatest run, after winning the Olympics".[6]
Achievements[edit]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 1986 | European Championships | Stuttgart, West Germany | 1st | Marathon | 2:10:54 |
| 1987 | Rome City Marathon | Rome, Italy | 1st | Marathon | 2:16:03 |
World Championships | Rome, Italy | 3rd | Marathon | 2:12:40 | |
| 1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 1st | Marathon | 2:10:32 |
| 1990 | Boston Marathon | Boston, United States | 1st | Marathon | 2:08:19 |
European Championships | Split, FR Yugoslavia | 1st | Marathon | 2:14:02 | |
Venice Marathon | Venice, Italy | 1st | Marathon | 2:13:42 | |
| 1991 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 8th | Marathon | 2:17:03 |
| 1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | — | Marathon | DNF |
See also[edit]
- List of winners of the Boston Marathon
- Italian all-time lists – Marathon
- FIDAL Hall of Fame
References[edit]
^ "Gelindo Bordin" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 7 July 2012..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ "Gelindo Bordin Biography and Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
^ "Gelindo Bordin Career Results". the-sports.org. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
^ "Kibiwott takes his second career win in Turin". iaaf.org. 13 April 2008. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
^ "Boston Marathon: Just the Facts". Runners World. 15 March 2007. Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
^ Jim Gerweck (18 April 2010). "1990 Champ Gelindo Bordin and the Olympic Jinx". Runners World. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
External links[edit]
Gelindo Bordin at IAAF
Gelindo Bordin at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
Athlete profile at FIDAL web site
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Categories:
- 1959 births
- Living people
- People from Vicenza
- Italian male long-distance runners
- Italian male marathon runners
- Olympic athletes of Italy
- Olympic gold medalists for Italy
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- World Championships in Athletics athletes for Italy
- World Championships in Athletics medalists
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- European athletics champions for Italy
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Boston Marathon male winners
- Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
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