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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Mario Lanzi
| image = Mario Lanzi 1936.jpg
| caption = Lanzi in 1936
| full_name = 
| nickname = 
| nationality = [[Italia]]n
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1914|10|10}}
| birth_place = [[Castelletto sopra Ticino]], [[Italy]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1980|2|21|1914|10|10}}
| death_place = [[Schio]], Italy
| height = 1.80 m
| weight = 76 kg
| pb = 
*400 m: 46.7 (1939)
*800 m: 1:49.0 (1939)
| country = {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Italy national athletics team|Italy]]
| sport = [[Athletics (sport)|Athletics]]
| event = [[Middle-distance running]]
| collegeteam = 
| club = G. S. Baracca
| coach = 
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalSport|[[Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Berlin]]|[[Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics - Men's 800 metres|800&nbsp;m]]}}
}}

'''Mario Lanzi''' (10 October 1914 &ndash; 21 February 1980)<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Mario Lanzi |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/mario-lanzi-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417171059/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/mario-lanzi-1.html |archive-date=2020-04-17}}</ref> was an Italian athlete in the 1930s who specialised in the [[800 metres]] and also competed over [[400 metres]].

==Biography==
Lanzi was born at [[Castelletto sopra Ticino]], in the [[province of Novara]] ([[Piedmont]]).

He won the silver medal at the [[1936 Summer Olympics]] in Berlin over 800&nbsp;m, finishing behind [[John Woodruff (athlete)|John Woodruff]]. In his native Italy Lanzi was without any serious rival. However, Lanzi lost the 800&nbsp;m final at the [[1938 European Championships in Athletics]] to [[Rudolf Harbig]]. Lanzi was famous for confusing his opponents by starting 800&nbsp;m races like a sprinter.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}

Lanzi died at [[Schio]] ([[Veneto]]), where he had worked as coach, in 1980.

==National titles==
Lanzi won 13 individual [[Italian Athletics Championships|Italian national championship titles]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI_UOMINI.pdf |title="CAMPIONATI “ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012 |publisher=sportolimpico.it |accessdate=1 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224064654/http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI_UOMINI.pdf |archivedate=24 December 2012 }}</ref> 5 at [[Italian Athletics Championships#400 metres|400 metres]] and 8 at [[Italian Athletics Championships#800 metres|800 metres]].
*400 metres: 1937, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943
*800 metres: 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1946

==References==
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==External links==
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{{Italian Athletics Champions in men's 400 m}}
{{Italian Athletics Champions in men's 800 m}}
{{Footer Italy athletics team at the 1936 Summer Olympics}}
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[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Italian male middle-distance runners]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Italy]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from the Province of Novara]]
[[Category:Athletes from Piedmont]]
[[Category:European Athletics Championships medalists]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for Italy]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Italian Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:20th-century Italian sportsmen]]