Arturo Di Mezza (born 16 July 1969) is a former

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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 ...

who was 4th in the

50 km walk The 50 kilometre race walk was an Olympic athletics event that first appeared in 1932 and made its final Olympic appearance in 2021. The racewalking event is competed as a road race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the ...

at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

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In his career he has participated in four editions of the

world championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

, two

Olympics The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...

and as many

European championships The European Championships is a multi-sport tournament which brings together the existing European Championships of some of the continent's leading sports every four years. The inaugural edition in 2018 was staged by the host cities of Berlin, ...

. In these 8 occasions he has reached the top eight 5 times. Since 1984 to 1993 was trained by Vincenzo Rossi in Naples and since 1993 to 2000 was trained in

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Sandro Damilano Sandro Damilano (born 24 February 1950, in Scarnafigi) is an Italian athletics coach. He is the brother of the Italian twin race walker, Maurizio and Giorgio, which began to coached in the mid-1970s. Biography He was the coach of the Italy nat ...

, brother of Maurizio and

Giorgio Damilano Giorgio Damilano (born 6 April 1957) is an Italian former race walker. He is the twin brother of Italian race walker legend Maurizio Damilano and brother of the coach Sandro Damilano. Biography He was 11th at the 1980 Summer Olympics held in ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Di Mezza, Arturo 1969 births Living people Italian male racewalkers Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Italy Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Italy Medalists at the 1991 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade Athletics competitors of Fiamme Gialle 20th-century Italian people Athletes from Naples

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