Giorgio Rondelli (born 11 February 1946) is an Italian athletics coach, best known for being the personal coach of Olympic and world champion Alberto Cova.

Biography

After a brief career as an athlete with decent results in the middle distance, so much to dress for four times the jersey of the junior national team, Giorgio Rondelli, in the second half of the 1970s, became a coach for the same sector of one of the oldest Italian sports clubs, the Pro Patria Milano (today CUS Pro Patria Milan, after the merger with

CUS Milano CUS Milano ( it, Centro Universitario Sportivo di Milano, "University Sports Centre of Milan") is a university sports centre founded in 1947, promoting the practice and the expansion of sport and physical education for students of all universities ...

), a role that he still holds. In addition to a coaching career he is also a

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from a long time. He has spoken at athletics coaching conferences, sharing his techniques.Rondelli: tornare a vincere si può, se ci si allena come una volta
Correre (2018-02-01). Retrieved 2019-09-28.

Athletes

Below the main athletes trained in the past or present by Giorgio Rondelli. * Alberto Cova, won a gold medal at the

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and

1983 World Championships The 1st 1983 World Championships in Athletics were run under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations and were held at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland between 7 and 14 August 1983. Summary The overall me ...

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, won a gold medal at the 1987 World Championships and at the 1986 European Championships *

Danilo Goffi Danilo Goffi (born 3 December 1972, in Legnano) is a former Italian long-distance runner, who specializes in the marathon. He represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics and has also competed at the World Championships in Athletics. He wa ...

Abdellah Haidane Abdellah Haidane (born 28 March 1989) is a Moroccan-born Italian middle distance runner. Biography He is coached by historian coach of Alberto Cova, Giorgio Rondelli. His personal best in 1500 metres indoor is the ninth best Italian performance ...

Mario Scapini Mario Scapini (born 2 February 1989) is a former Italian male middle-distance runner, who at the age of 23, after winning three Italian championships and taking part in a World championship and a European championship, was forced to permanently ...

Merihun Crespi Merihun Crespi (born 15 December 1988) is a born Ethiopian male Italian long-distance runner who won three times his country's senior national championship and an individual bronze medal at the European Athletics U20 Championships. Biography Bo ...

* Giovanna Epis *

Ahmed El Mazoury Ahmed El Mazoury (born 15 March 1990) is an Italian born Moroccan male long-distance runner. Biography Ahmed El Mazoury was born in Morocco on the 15th of March, 1990. He moved to Italy at the age of 3, and lives in Brivio. He won two nation ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rondelli, Giorgio Italian athletics coaches 1946 births Living people Sportspeople from Milan Italian sports journalists