Armando Filiput (19 December 1923 – 30 March 1982) was an Italian
hurdler,
European Champion in 1950. He was born and died in
Ronchi dei Legionari
Ronchi dei Legionari ( Bisiacco: ; fur, Roncjis, sl, Ronke, german: Ronkis) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Gorizia in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy, about southwest of Gorizia and northwest of Trieste. It is the location of T ...
.
Biography
Filiput has 22 caps in
Italy national athletics team (from 1942 to 1945). In his career he participated in one edition of the
Olympic Games
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and won the
Italian Athletics Championships 7 times.
Achievements
National titles
*7 wins in
400 metres hurdles
The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women.
On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once a ...
at the
Italian Athletics Championships (1946, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954)
See also
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FIDAL Hall of Fame
The IAAF Hall of Fame is a hall of fame which was established by the FIDAL (''Italian Athletics Federation'') in 2012. The FIDAL Hall of Fame includes Italian athletes who have excelled in the history of athletics and that match some criteria.
C ...
References
External links
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1923 births
1982 deaths
Italian male hurdlers
Olympic athletes for Italy
Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics
European Athletics Championships medalists
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy
Athletes (track and field) at the 1951 Mediterranean Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1955 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
20th-century Italian people
Sportspeople from the Province of Gorizia
Italian Athletics Championships winners