(1957-04-06) 6 April 1957 (age 61) Scarnafigi, Italy
Height
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight
70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Country
Italy
Sport
Athletics
Event(s)
Race walking
Club
Sisport, Turin C.S. Esercito
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
20 km race walk: 1:18:54 (1992)
50 km race walk: 3:46:51 (1990)
Medal record
Event
1st
2nd
3rd
Olympic Games
1
0
2
World Championships
2
0
0
World Indoor Championships
0
1
0
European Championships
0
1
0
European Indoor Championships
1
1
0
Universiade
1
1
0
Mediterranean Games
3
0
0
World Race Walking Cup
2
4
2
Total
10
8
4
Olympic Games
1980 Moscow
20 km walk
1984 Los Angeles
20 km walk
1988 Seoul
20 km walk
World Championships
1987 Rome
20 km walk
1991 Tokyo
20 km walk
World Indoor Championship
1985 Paris
5,000 m
European Championships
1986 Stuttgart
20 km walk
European Indoor Championships
1982 Milan
5,000 m
1981 Grenoble
5,000 m
Universiade
1981 Bucharest
20 km walk
1983 Edmonton
20 km walk
Mediterranean Games
1983 Casablanca
20 km walk
1987 Latakia
20 km walk
1991 Athens
20 km walk
World Race Walking Cup
1981 Valencia
Combined Team
1991 San Josè
Combined Team
1985 St John's
20 km walk
1983 Bergen
Combined Team
1987 New York City
Combined Team
1989 L'Hospitalet
Combined Team
1977 Mylton Keynes
Combined Team
1985 St John's
Combined Team
Maurizio Damilano (born 6 April 1957 in Scarnafigi, Italy) is an Italian former race walker. He won 15 medals individual (22 also with team events), at senior level, at the International athletics competitions.[1]
Contents
1Biography
2Achievements
3National titles
4See also
5References
6External links
Biography[edit]
He was the 1980 Olympic Champion and the 1987 and 1991 World Champion in the 20 km race walk. He has 60 caps in national team from 1977 to 1992.[2]
Damilano is also the world record holder of the 30 km race walk with the time of 2:01:44.1, achieved in Cuneo in 1992. He is the twin brother of the former race walker Giorgio Damilano and of the coach Sandro Damilano.[3]
Achievements[edit]
Olympic Games
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Time
Notes
1980
Olympic Games
Moscow
1st
20 km
1:23:35
OR
1984
Olympic Games
Los Angeles
3rd
20 km
1:23:26
1988
Olympic Games
Seoul
3rd
20 km
1:20:14
1992
Olympic Games
Barcelona
4th
20 km
1:23:39
World Championships
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Time
Notes
1983
World Championships
Helsinki
7th
20 km
1:21:57
1987
World Championships
Rome
1st
20 km
1:20:45
CR
1991
World Championships
Tokyo
1st
20 km
1:19:37
CR
World Indoor Championships
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Time
Notes
1985
World Indoor Championships
Paris
2nd
5000 m
19:11.41
European Championships
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Time
Notes
1978
European Championships
Prague
6th
20 km
1:24:57
1982
European Championships
Athens
20 km
DQ
NM
50 km
DNF
NM
1986
European Championships
Stuttgart
2nd
20 km
1:21:17
50 km
DNF
NM
1990
European Championships
Split
50 km
DNF
NM
European Indoor Championships
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Time
Notes
1981
European Indoor Championships
Grenoble
2nd
5000 m
19:13.90
1982
European Indoor Championships
Milan
1st
5000 m
19:40.28
National titles[edit]
Maurizio Damilano has won the individual national championship 21 times.[4][5]
6 wins in the 10,000 m walk (1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985)
1 win in the 15 km walk (1987)
10 wins in the 20 km walk (1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1992)
3 wins in the 50 km walk (1985, 1986, 1989)
1 win in the 3000 metres walk indoor (1984)
See also[edit]
Legends of Italian sport - Walk of Fame
Italy national athletics team – Multiple medalists
^"Centro di Marcia - Gli atlteti" (in Italian). scuolacamminosaluzzo.it. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
^""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
^"ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
External links[edit]
Maurizio Damilano at IAAF
Maurizio Damilano at the International Olympic Committee
Maurizio Damilano at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
Maurizio Damilano at All-Athletics
Euro Legends feature article[permanent dead link] from European Athletics
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Olympic champions in men's 20 km race walk
1956 Leonid Spirin (URS)
1960 Volodymyr Holubnychy (URS)
1964 Ken Matthews (GBR)
1968 Volodymyr Holubnychy (URS)
1972 Peter Frenkel (GDR)
1976 Daniel Bautista (MEX)
1980 Maurizio Damilano (ITA)
1984 Ernesto Canto (MEX)
1988 Jozef Pribilinec (TCH)
1992 Daniel Plaza (ESP)
1996 Jefferson Pérez (ECU)
2000 Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
2004 Ivano Brugnetti (ITA)
2008 Valeriy Borchin (RUS)
2012 Chen Ding (CHN)
2016 Wang Zhen (CHN)
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IAAF World Championships in Athletics champions in men's 20 kilometres race walk
1983: Ernesto Canto (MEX)
1987: Maurizio Damilano (ITA)
1991: Maurizio Damilano (ITA)
1993: Valentí Massana (ESP)
1995: Michele Didoni (ITA)
1997: Daniel García (MEX)
1999: Ilya Markov (RUS)
2001: Roman Rasskazov (RUS)
2003: Jefferson Pérez (ECU)
2005: Jefferson Pérez (ECU)
2007: Jefferson Pérez (ECU)
2009: Wang Hao (CHN)
2011: Luis Fernando López (COL)
2013: Aleksandr Ivanov (RUS)
2015: Miguel Ángel López (ESP)
2017: Éider Arévalo (COL)
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European Athletics Indoor Champions in men's 5000 metres race walk
1981: Hartwig Gauder (GDR)
1982: Maurizio Damilano (ITA)
1983: Anatoliy Solomin (URS)
1984–1986: Not held
1987–1988: Jozef Pribilinec (TCH)
1989–1990: Mikhail Schennikov (URS)
1992: Giovanni De Benedictis (ITA)
1994: Mikhail Schennikov (RUS)
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Summer Universiade champions in men's 20 kilometres race walk
1981: Maurizio Damilano (ITA)
1983: Guillaume LeBlanc (CAN)
1985: Viktor Mostovik (URS)
1987: Raffaello Ducceschi (ITA)
1989: Walter Arena (ITA)
1991–1993: Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
1995: Daniel García (MEX)
1997: Ilya Markov (RUS)
1999: Alejandro López (MEX)
2001: Lorenzo Civallero (ITA)
2003: Stepan Yudin (RUS)
2005: Juan Manuel Molina (ESP)
2007: Chu Yafei (CHN)
2009: Sergey Bakulin (RUS)
2011–2013: Andrey Krivov (RUS)
2015: Dane Bird-Smith (AUS)
2017: Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN)
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Mediterranean Games champions in men's racewalking
20 km
1951–1955†: Pino Dordoni (ITA)
1959: Georges Attané (FRA)
1963: Not held
1967: Nicola De Vito (ITA)
1971: Pasquale Busca (ITA)
1975: Armando Zambaldo (ITA)
1979: Gérard Lelievre (FRA)
1983–1991: Maurizio Damilano (ITA)
1993: Not held
1997: Giovanni De Benedictis (ITA)
2001: Hatem Ghoula (TUN)
2005: Paquillo Fernández (ESP)
2009: Ivano Brugnetti (ITA)
50 km
1955: Abdon Pamich (ITA)
1959: Not held
1963: Abdon Pamich (ITA)
1967: Vittorio Visini (ITA)
1971: Abdon Pamich (ITA)
† The 1951 and 1955 short racewalking events were over a 10,000 m track distance
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Italian Athletics Champions in men's 10000 m walk
From 2012 the championships is 10 km walk on road
1907: Arturo Balestrieri
1908: Angelo Claro
1909: Pietro Fontana
1910: Fernando Altimani
1911: Fernando Altimani
1912: Fernando Altimani
1913: Fernando Altimani
1914: Giovanni Galli
1915-1918: not held
1919: Ugo Frigerio
1920: Ugo Frigerio
1921: Ugo Frigerio
1922: Armando Valente
1923: Ugo Frigerio
1924: Ugo Frigerio
1925: Ettore Gariboldi
1926: Armando Valente
1927: Armando Valente
1928: Armando Valente
1929: Armando Valente
1930: not held
1931: Ugo Frigerio
1932-1936: not held
1937: Giovanni Andreini
1938: Luigi Peri
1939: Giuseppe Kressevich
1940: Giuseppe Kressevich
1941: Giuseppe Kressevich
1942: Giuseppe Kressevich
1943: Giuseppe Kressevich
1944: not held
1945: Giuseppe Kressevich
1946: Pino Dordoni
1947: Pino Dordoni
1948: Pino Dordoni
1949: Pino Dordoni
1950: Pino Dordoni
1951: Pino Dordoni
1952: Pino Dordoni
1953: Pino Dordoni
1954: Pino Dordoni
1955: Pino Dordoni
1956: Abdon Pamich
1957: Pino Dordoni
1958: Abdon Pamich
1959: Abdon Pamich
1960: Abdon Pamich
1961: Abdon Pamich
1962: Abdon Pamich
1963: Abdon Pamich
1964: Abdon Pamich
1965: Abdon Pamich
1966: Abdon Pamich
1967: Abdon Pamich
1968: Abdon Pamich
1969: Abdon Pamich
1970-1978: not held
1979: Maurizio Damilano
1980: Carlo Mattioli
1981: Maurizio Damilano
1982: Maurizio Damilano
1983: Maurizio Damilano
1984: Maurizio Damilano
1985: Maurizio Damilano
1986: Carlo Mattioli
1987: Maurizio Damilano
1988: Giovanni De Benedictis
1989: Giovanni De Benedictis
1990: Giovanni De Benedictis
1991: Giovanni De Benedictis
1992: Giovanni De Benedictis
1993: Giovanni De Benedictis
1994: Michele Didoni
1995: Giovanni De Benedictis
1996: Michele Didoni
1997: Giovanni De Benedictis
1998: Michele Didoni
1999: Ivano Brugnetti
2000: Marco Giungi
2001: Michele Didoni
2002: Giovanni De Benedictis
2003: Andrea Manfredini
2004: Lorenzo Civallero
2005: Enrico Lang
2006: Ivano Brugnetti
2007: Alex Schwazer
2008: Ivano Brugnetti
2009: Ivano Brugnetti
2010: Alex Schwazer
2011: Jean Jacques Nkouloukidi
2012: Giorgio Rubino
2013: Matteo Giupponi
2014: Giorgio Rubino
2015: Federico Tontodonati
2016: Francesco Fortunato
2017: Federico Tontodonati
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Italian Athletics Champions in men's 20 km walk
1947: Pino Dordoni
1948: Pino Dordoni
1949: Pino Dordoni
1950: Pino Dordoni
1951: Salvatore Cascino
1952: Pino Dordoni
1953: Pino Dordoni
1954: Pino Dordoni
1955: Pino Dordoni
1956: Pino Dordoni
1957: Pino Dordoni
1958: Abdon Pamich
1959: Abdon Pamich
1960: Abdon Pamich
1961: Abdon Pamich
1962: Abdon Pamich
1963: Abdon Pamich
1964: Abdon Pamich
1965: Abdon Pamich
1966: Abdon Pamich
1967: Abdon Pamich
1968: Abdon Pamich
1969: Abdon Pamich
1970: Vittorio Visini
1971: Abdon Pamich
1972: Armando Zambaldo
1973: Armando Zambaldo
1974: Armando Zambaldo
1975: Armando Zambaldo
1976: Vittorio Canini
1977: Roberto Buccione
1978: Maurizio Damilano
1979: Giorgio Damilano
1980: Maurizio Damilano
1981: Maurizio Damilano
1982: Maurizio Damilano
1983: Maurizio Damilano
1984: Maurizio Damilano
1985: Maurizio Damilano
1986: Maurizio Damilano
1987: Carlo Mattioli
1988: Maurizio Damilano
1989: Giovanni De Benedictis
1990: Giovanni De Benedictis
1991: Giovanni De Benedictis
1992: Maurizio Damilano
1993: Giovanni De Benedictis
1994: Giuseppe De Gaetano
1995: Michele Didoni
1996: Giovanni De Benedictis
1997: Giovanni De Benedictis
1998: Marco Giungi
1999: Giovanni De Benedictis
2000: Marco Giungi
2001: Giovanni De Benedictis
2002: Marco Giungi
2003: Ivano Brugnetti
2004: Ivano Brugnetti
2005: Giorgio Rubino
2006: Fortunato D'Onofrio
2007: Alex Schwazer
2008: Alex Schwazer
2009: Jean Jacques Nkouloukidi
2010: Jean Jacques Nkouloukidi
2011: Marco De Luca
2012: Federico Tontodonati
2013: Vito Di Bari
2014: Giorgio Rubino
2015: Massimo Stano
2016: Federico Tontodonati
2017: Francesco Fortunato
2018: Massimo Stano
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Italian Athletics Champions in men's 50 km walk
1908: Antonio Navoni
1909: Silla Del Sole
1910: Italo Berta
1911: not held
1912: Donato Pavesi
1913: Giovanni Brunelli
1914: Donato Pavesi
1915-1918: not held
1919–20: Giusto Umeck
1921: Donato Pavesi
1922–23: Giovanni Brunelli
1924–25: Donato Pavesi
1926: Attilio Callegari
1927: Giusto Umeck
1928: Romano Vecchietti
1929: Romano Peggiolini
1930: Francesco Pretti
1931: Ettore Rivolta
1932–33: Umberto Olivoni
1934–36: Ettore Rivolta
1937: Giuseppe Gobbato
1938: Cosimo Puttilli
1939: Ettore Rivolta
1940: Alighiero Guglielmi
1941: Giuseppe Malaspina
1942: Alighiero Guglielmi
1943–1944: not held
1945: Giuseppe Kressevich
1946: Valentino Bertolini
1947: Cosimo Puttilli
1948: Valentino Bertolini
1949–50: Pino Dordoni
1951: Salvatore Cascino
1952–54: Pino Dordoni
1955–68: Abdon Pamich
1969: Sante Mancini
1970–75: Vittorio Visini
1976: Paolo Grecucci
1977: Franco Vecchio
1978: Paolo Grecucci
1979–80: Domenico Carpentieri
1981: Vittorio Visini
1982: Graziano Morotti
1983–84: Raffaello Ducceschi
1985–86: Maurizio Damilano
1987: Giovanni Perricelli
1988: Raffaello Ducceschi
1989: Giovanni Perricelli
1990: Maurizio Damilano
1991–92: Giovanni Perricelli
1993: Giuseppe De Gaetano
1994: Giovanni De Benedictis
1995: Alessandro Mistretta
1996: Giovanni De Benedictis
1997: Giovanni Perricelli
1998: Michele Didoni
1999: Marco Giungi
2000: Francesco Galdenzi
2001–04: Marco Giungi
2005: Alex Schwazer
2006: Marco De Luca
2007–08: Alex Schwazer
2009: Marco De Luca
2010: Alex Schwazer
2011–12: Federico Tontodonati
2013: not held
2014: Matteo Giupponi
2015: Federico Tontodonati
2016: Michele Antonelli
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1980 Italy Olympic Athletics Team
Men's track & road athletes
Maurizio Damilano
Giorgio Damilano
Vittorio Fontanella
Giuseppe Gerbi
Carlo Grippo
Massimo Magnani
Stefano Malinverni
Marco Marchei
Pietro Mennea
Roberto Tozzi
Roberto Volpi
Mauro Zuliani
Men's field athletes
Paolo Borghi
Sandro Brogini
Giampaolo Urlando
Oscar Raise
Marco Tamberi
Women's track & road athletes
Gabriella Dorio
Rossana Lombardo
Marisa Masullo
Daniela Porcelli
Agnese Possamai
Erica Rossi
Women's field athletes
Cinzia Petrucci
Fausta Quintavalla
Sara Simeoni
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1984 Italy Olympic Athletics Team
Men's track & road athletes
Salvatore Antibo
Sandro Bellucci
Franco Boffi
Giovanni Bongiorni
Alberto Cova
Giovanni D'Aleo
Maurizio Damilano
Raffaello Ducceschi
Daniele Fontecchio
Marco Marchei
Riccardo Materazzi
Carlo Mattioli
Stefano Mei
Pietro Mennea
Ernesto Nocco
Francesco Panetta
Claudio Patrignani
Pierfrancesco Pavoni
Alessandro Pezzatini
Roberto Ribaud
Donato Sabia
Antonio Selvaggio
Piero Selvaggio
Carlo Simionato
Stefano Tilli
Roberto Tozzi
Antonio Ullo
Mauro Zuliani
Men's field athletes
Alessandro Andrei
Dario Badinelli
Mauro Barella
Orlando Bianchini
Giovanni Evangelisti
Agostino Ghesini
Marco Martino
Marco Montelatici
Giampaolo Urlando
Lucio Serrani
Luciano Zerbini
Women's track & road athletes
Cosetta Campana
Giuseppina Cirulli
Gabriella Dorio
Laura Fogli
Patrizia Lombardo
Marisa Masullo
Alba Milana
Paola Moro
Agnese Possamai
Erica Rossi
Women's field athletes
Fausta Quintavalla
Sara Simeoni
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1988 Italy Olympic Athletics Team
Men's track & road athletes
Salvatore Antibo
Sandro Bellucci
Gelindo Bordin
Alberto Cova
Maurizio Damilano
Giovanni De Benedictis
Gennaro Di Napoli
Raffaello Ducceschi
Sandro Floris
Alessandro Lambruschini
Michele Lazazzera
Ezio Madonia
Carlo Mattioli
Stefano Mei
Pietro Mennea
Francesco Panetta
Pierfrancesco Pavoni
Giovanni Perricelli
Orlando Pizzolato
Gianni Poli
Donato Sabia
Stefano Tilli
Tonino Viali
Men's field athletes
Alessandro Andrei
Giovanni Evangelisti
Lucio Serrani
Luca Toso
Women's track & road athletes
Anna Rita Angotzi
Antonella Bizioli
Roberta Brunet
Maria Curatolo
Daniela Ferrian
Laura Fogli
Marisa Masullo
Rosanna Munerotto
Rosella Tarolo
Irmgard Trojer
Women's field athletes
Antonella Capriotti
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1992 Italy Olympic Athletics Team
Men's track & road athletes
Alessandro Aimar
Salvatore Antibo
Walter Arena
Francesco Bennici
Andrea Benvenuti
Salvatore Bettiol
Gelindo Bordin
Maurizio Damilano
Giovanni De Benedictis
Giuseppe De Gaetano
Gennaro Di Napoli
Alessio Faustini
Fabio Grossi
Alessandro Lambruschini
Fabrizio Mori
Andrea Nuti
Laurent Ottoz
Giovanni Perricelli
Massimo Quiriconi
Marco Vaccari
Men's field athletes
Alessandro Andrei
Giovanni Evangelisti
Andrea Pegoraro
Enrico Sgrulletti
Luciano Zerbini
Women's track & road athletes
Roberta Brunet
Rosa Munerotto
Elisabetta Perrone
Bettina Sabatini
Ileana Salvador
Emma Scaunich
Annarita Sidoti
Fabia Trabaldo
Irmgard Trojer
Anna Villani
Women's field athletes
Antonella Bevilacqua
Antonella Capriotti
Agnese Maffeis
Valentina Uccheddu
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