Enzo Del Forno (born 24 January 1950) is a retired

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er who won three medals at the

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Biography

Del Forno finished tenth at the 1972 Olympic Games and fifth at the 1974 European Indoor Championships. He then won a silver medal at the

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. At the Summer Universiade he won a bronze medal in

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and a gold in

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. Nationally Del Forno won five high jump titles, three outdoors (1973–1975) and two indoors (1973, 1974). His personal best jump is 2.22 metres, achieved in October 1975 in Siracusa.Italian all-time list, men's high jump (last updated 2000)
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Del Forno, Enzo 1950 births Living people Italian male high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Italy Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy Athletes (track and field) at the 1975 Mediterranean Games Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Universiade gold medalists for Italy Universiade bronze medalists for Italy Medalists at the 1973 Summer Universiade

Biography

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