Carmelo Rado (born 4 August 1933) is an Italian

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competitor. He competed for his native country in the discus throw at the 1960 Olympics held in his home country, finishing in seventh place. He also competed in the

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Biography

Rado grew up in

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, and has lived in

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and

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. He currently lives in

Calusco d'Adda Calusco d'Adda (Bergamasque, Brianzöö: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about west of Bergamo. Calusco d'Adda borders the following munic ...

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. Rado has continued to throw into the upper age divisions of

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. He holds the current M70, M75 and M80

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in the

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ...

, the M75 and M80 world record in the weight pentathlon and the M80 world record in the

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."Records Outdoor Men"
. ''world-masters-athletics.org''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rado, Carmelo 1933 births Living people Italian male discus throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Italy Italian masters athletes World record setters in masters athletics 20th-century Italian people People from Oderzo Italian Athletics Championships winners

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