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Damilano Maurizio

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Date of birth   06-04-1957 Birthplace   Scarnafigi Nationality   Italy

Maurizio Damilano: Olympic champion in the 20 km Race walk in Moscow 1980
&
2 x bronze medalist at the Olympic Games in LA 1984 & Seoul 1988
&
2 x World champion in the 20 km Race walk in Rome 1987 & Tokyo 1991
&
silver medalist at the European Championships in Stuttgart 1986
&
3 x gold medalist at the Mediterranean Games in Casablanca 1983 & xxxxxx 1987 & Athens 1991  
&
gold medalist at the Summer Universiade in Bucharest 1981    

Indoor Championships

World Indoor Championships

Podium 5000 m Paris (F) 1985

1. Gérard Lelièvre (F)         19' 06" 22 
2. Maurizio Damilano (I)   19' 11" 41
3. Dave Smith (AUS)          19' 46" 04

European Indoor Championships

Podium 5000 m Grenoble (F) 1981

1. Hartwig Gauder (GDR)   19' 18" 59 
2. Maurizio Damilano (I)    19' 13" 90
3. Gérard Lelièvre (F)          19' 55" 02          

Podium 5000 m Milan (I) 1982

1. Maurizio Damilano (I)   19' 19" 93
2. Carlo Mattioli (I)              20' 06" 91 
3. Martin Toporek (A)          20' 19" 47                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

International honors

Olympic Games

Olympic gold medalist 20 km Race walk in Moscow (RUS)

Podium Race walk 20 km Moscow 1980
   
1. Maurizio Damilano (I)       1 h 23' 35"
2. Pyotr Pochenchuk (RUS)   1 h 24' 45"    
3. Roland Wieser (GDR         1 h 25' 58" 

2 x bronze medalist at the Olympic Games in LA 1984 & Seoul 1988

Podium Race walk 20 km LA 1984   

1. Ernesto Canto (MEX)     1 h 23' 13"
2. Raúl González (MEX)    1 h 23' 20"
3. Maurizio Damilano (I)   1 h 23' 26" 

Podium Race walk 20 km Seoul 1988   

1. Jozef Pribilinec (SK)       1 h 19' 57"
2. Ronald Weigel (GDR)    1 h 20' 00"   
3. Maurizio Damilano (I)   1 h 20' 14" 

World Championships

2 x World champion in the 20 km Race walk

Podium Race walk 20 km Rome 1987 

1. Maurizio Damilano (I)   1 h 20' 45"  
2. Jozef Pribilinec (SK)       1 h 21' 07" 
3. José Marin (E)                1 h 21' 24"         

Podium Race walk 20 km Tokyo 1991 

1. Maurizio Damilano (I)         1 h 19' 37"  
2. Mikhail Schennikov (RUS)   1 h 19' 46"  
3. Yevgueni Misyulya (BY)       1 h 20' 22"      

European Championships

Silver medalist at the European Championships in Stuttgart 1986

Podium Race walk 20 km Stuttgart 1986 

1. Jozef Pribilinec (SK)         1 h 21' 15"
2. Maurizio Damilano (I)     1 h 21' 17"    
3. Miguel Ángel Prieto (E)    1 h 21' 36"           

Mediterranean Games

3 x gold medalist at the Mediterranean Games   

Podium Race walk 20 km Casablanca (MA) 1983 

1. Maurizio Damilano (I)   1 h 23' 19" 
2. Gérard Lelièvre (F          1 h 24' 32"    
3. Sergio Spagnulo (I)        1 h 27' 54"      

Podium Race walk 20 km Latakia (SYR) 1987 

1. Maurizio Damilano (I)   1 h 25' 33"   
2. Carlo Mattioli (I)             1 h 25' 34" 
3. Daniel Plaza (E)             1 h 25' 47"     

Podium Race walk 20 km Athens (GR) 1991 

1. Maurizio Damilano (I)   1 h 22' 48"  
2. Daniel Plaza (E)             1 h 23' 51"  
3. Olegario Regitor (E)       1 h 26' 45"    

Summer Universiade

Gold medalist at the Summer Universiade in Bucharest 1981    

Podium Race walk 20 km Bucharest 1981 
 
1. Maurizio Damilano (I)   1 h 26' 47"
2. Carlo Mattioli (I)              1 h 28' 10"    
3. Liodor Pescaru (RO)      1 h 28' 56"                                                                                                                                                                                       

Medal record 

♦ Olympic Games                              1 x gold / 2 x bronze   
♦ World Championships                     2 x gold
♦ European Championships              1 x silver 
♦ Mediterranean Games                    3 x gold  
♦ Summer Universiade                      1 x gold
♦ World Indoor Championships         1 x silver
♦ European Indoor Championships   1 x gold / 1 x silver 
      total number of medals           13

Merits

♦ Holder of the best performance in the 30 km Race walk track with a time of 2:01:44, set in Cuneo, Italy, on October 3, 1992.  

♦ Barriers Race walking 

barrier_1: Race walk 20 km/ 1 h 20'

2 performances under 1 h 20' over 20 km ► best performance  1 h 18' 54"  

barrier_2: Race walk 50 km/ 4 h  

3  performances under 4 hour over 50 km ► best performance   3 h 46' 51"  

♦ 13 x National Champion of Italy

10 x Italian champion in the 20 km Race walk in 1978 – 1980 – 1981 – 1982 – 1983 – 1984 – 1985 – 1986 – 1988 - 1992 
  3 x Italian champion in the 50 km Race walk in 1985 – 1986 – 1990       

Best memories

My top three unforgettable memories in my career are in descending order:

♦ My victory in the 20 km at the Olympic Games in Moscow (Russia) 1980, awarded with the prestigious title of << Olympic champion >> ; 

♦ My 2nd gold medal in the 20 km at the World Championships in Tokyo 1991, crowned with the title of << World champion >>; 

♦ My victory in the 50 km at the National Championships in Pomigliano d'Arco (Italy) 1990, crowned with a personal best of 3 h 46' 51" and the title of << Italian champion >>.   

Video WK Tokyo 1991 

Interested readers can watch the video of the 20 km Walk at the 1991 Tokyo World Championships via the following link: https://www.facebook.com/stefano.malaspina.3/videos/1553084588996517/?idorvanity=116766962318792

Personal bests

♦ 5 km Race walk road        18' 30"   xx,xxx km/h   1992   Cuneo (I)
♦ 5000 m Race walk track   19' 07"   xx,xxx km/h   1984  Turin (I) 

♦ 10 km Race walk road     39' 47"   15,082 km/h   1988   Neubrandenburg (GDR)
♦ 10 km Race walk track     39' 05"   15,352 km/h   1988   Limbiate (I)

♦ 20 km Race walk road   1 h 18' 54"   15,209 km/h   1992   La Coruña (E)   

♦ 30 km Race walk track   2 h 01' 44"   xx,xxx km/h   1992   Cuneo (I)  

♦ 50 km Race walk road   3 h 46' 51"   13,225 km/h   1990   Pomigliano d'Arco (I)

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