Giovanni Bongiorni (born 8 July 1956) is a former
Italian
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sprinter who specialized in the
200 metres
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Biography
His personal best 200 metres time was 20.82 seconds, achieved in July 1981 in
Turin
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. His personal best 100 metres time was 10.60 seconds, achieved in July 1982 in
Rome
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. His daughter
Anna Bongiorni
Anna Bongiorni (born 15 September 1993) is an Italian sprinter, whose most prestigious achievement at the international individual senior level is the bronze medal at the Universiade (in 200 m in 2018). Bongiorni is a two-time national champi ...
is a sprinter of the
Italy national athletics team
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Medal count
When there is updated to 31 January 2022.
Caps
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Achievements
National titles
Bongiorni won two national championships at individual
senior
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level.
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Italian Athletics Championships
The Italian Athletics Championships ( it, Campionati italiani assoluti di atletica leggera) are the national championships in athletics, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera.
The first edition, four races only, wa ...
**200 m: 1981
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Italian Athletics Indoor Championships
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**200 m: 1986
See also
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Italy national relay team
References
External links
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1956 births
Living people
Italian male sprinters
Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Italy
Italian Athletics Championships winners
Sportspeople from Pisa