Alessandro Gandellini (born 30 April 1973) is an Italian former
race walker
Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Referee, Race judges careful ...
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Biography
Alessandro Gandellini participated at two editions of the
Summer Olympics
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(2000 and 2004), he has 21 caps in
national team
A national sports team (commonly known as a national team or a national side) is a team that represents a nation, rather than a particular club or region, in an international sport.
The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exam ...
from 1996 to 2006.
He won five times the
national championships
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at
senior
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* Senior (name), a surname ...
level.
Achievements
National titles
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Italian Indoor Athletics Championships
The Italian Athletics Indoor Championships ( it, Italian Athletics Indoor Championships) are the national championships in athletics of the indoor events, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera from 1970 (first edition ...
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5000 metres walk
The 5000 metres race walk is a racewalking event. The event is competed as a track race and was part of the athletics programme for men at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics until 1993. It is also an event in the World Masters Athle ...
: 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
See also
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Italian all-time lists - 20 km walk
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Italian team at the running events
The Italian team at the running events represents Italy at senior level at the road running ( marathon, half marathon), racewalking, cross country running and track long-distance running (10,000 metres) events, such as World championships, World ...
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Italy at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup
Italy national athletics team, Italy has competed at every edition of the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships (IAAF World Race Walking Cup until 2016, than IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships until 2018) form 1961 IAAF World Rac ...
References
External links
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1973 births
Living people
Italian male racewalkers
Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes of Italy
Athletics competitors of Fiamme Oro
World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy
Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2001 Mediterranean Games
21st-century Italian people