Armando Valente (January 12, 1903 – December 7, 1997) was an Italian
track and field athlete
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.
Biography
Valente was born in
Sampierdarena
Sampierdarena (also San Pier d'Arena; Ligurian: San Pè d'ænn-a) is a major port and industrial area of Genoa, in northwest Italy. With San Teodoro it forms the West Central (Centro Ovest) ''municipio''.
Geography
Sampierdarena lies on t ...
and died in
Genoa
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. He competed in
racewalking
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at the
1924 Summer Olympics
The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ...
. In 1924 he finished seventh in the
10 km competition at the Paris Games.
Achievements
National championships
He has won 5 times the individual
national championship
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.
*5 wins in the
10000 m walk (1922, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929)
See also
*
Italy at the 1924 Summer Olympics
References
External links
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1903 births
1997 deaths
Italian male racewalkers
Olympic athletes for Italy
Athletes (track and field) at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Athletes from Genoa
People from Sampierdarena
20th-century Italian people
Italian Athletics Championships winners