Giovanni De Benedictis
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Giovanni De Benedictis (born 8 January 1968, in Pescara) is a retired Italian race walker, that won 9 medals at individual level, 7 of these at senior level, at the International athletics competitions.[1] He participated at five editions of the Summer Olympics (from 1988 to 2004), this like only two others Italian athletes in track and field: the other racewalker champion Abdon Pamich and the sprinter Pietro Mennea.[2] He also won four medals at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup team events (Lugano Trophy).
Biography
Giovanni De Benedictis has won 28 times the individual national championship, third of all-time after Abdon Pamich (40) and Antonio Ambu (34).[3][4] He has 42 caps in seventeen years in the national team from 1987 to 2004.[5]
In addition to the five Olympic Games, he participated in six World Outdoor Championships and two of the World Indoor, four editions of the European Outdoor Championships and five European Indoor, six editions of the World Race Walking Cup and four of the European Race Walking Cup.
World best performances
- 3000 metres race walk: 10:47.11, Template:Flagicon San Giovanni Valdarno, 19 May 1990. world record held until 4 February 2001, and was beaten by the German Andreas Erm.[6]
Achievements
National titles
He won 28 times the national championships at senior level.[3][4]
| Event | Outdoor | Indoor |
|---|---|---|
| 20 km walk road | 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001 | |
| 50 km walk road | 2004, 2006 | |
| 10,000 metres walk track | 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, |
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| 5000 metres walk | 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998 | |
| 18 | 10 |
See also
- Italian Athletics Championships - Multi winners
- Italy at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup
- Italian all-time lists - 20 km walk
- Italian all-time lists - 50 km walk
- 3000 metres race walk All-time top 25 fastest
References
External links
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- 1968 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Pescara
- Italian male race walkers
- Olympic athletes for Italy
- Olympic bronze medalists for Italy
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- Athletics competitors of Centro Sportivo Carabinieri
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
- Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1997 Mediterranean Games
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Italian Athletics Championships winners
- 20th-century Italian sportsmen
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