Giovanni "Gianni" Puggioni (born 19 March 1966) is a former Italian sprinter who specialized in the
200 metres
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Biography
Puggioni was born in
Sassari
Sassari (, ; sdc, Sàssari ; sc, Tàtari, ) is an Italian city and the second-largest of Sardinia in terms of population with 127,525 inhabitants, and a Functional Urban Area of about 260,000 inhabitants. One of the oldest cities on the island, ...
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Sardinia
Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label=Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after ...
, he won eleven medals at the
International athletics competitions
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* Multi-sport events, commonly referred to as games, where athletics events form part of a wider sporting programme
* World cha ...
, five of these with
national relays team. His personal best 200 metres time is 20.44 seconds, achieved at the
1997 Mediterranean Games
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in
Bari
Bari ( , ; nap, label= Barese, Bare ; lat, Barium) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, southern Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy a ...
. His personal best 100 metres time is 10.36 seconds, achieved in July 1995 in
Cesenatico
Cesenatico ( rgn, Ziznàtic) is a port town with about 26,000 inhabitants on the Adriatic coast of Italy. It is located in the province of Forlì-Cesena in the region of Emilia-Romagna, about south of Ravenna. Cesenatico's port canal was surveyed ...
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Achievements
National titles
Puggioni won seven national championships at individual
senior
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* Senior (name), a surname ...
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 ...
**100 m: 1995, 1996 (2)
**200 m: 1990, 1997 (2)
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Italian Indoor Athletics Championships
The Italian Athletics Indoor Championships ( it, Italian Athletics Indoor Championships) are the national championships in athletics of the indoor events, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera from 1970 (first edition ...
**60 m: 1997 (1)
**200 m: 1991 (2)
See also
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Italy national relay team
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Italy at the World Athletics Championships
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Italy at the Military World Games
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Italy at the European Cup
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Puggioni, Giovanni
1966 births
Living people
People from Sassari
Italian male sprinters
Athletics competitors of Fiamme Gialle
Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes of Italy
World Athletics Championships medalists
Italian masters athletes
Sportspeople from Sardinia
World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1997 Mediterranean Games
Italian Athletics Championships winners