Giorgio Rubino (born 15 April 1986 in
Rome
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) is an Italian
race walker
Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Referee, Race judges careful ...
, bronze medal in the
20 km walk at the
2009 World Championships in
Berlin
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.
Biography
The medals of some of the
athletics world championship races in 2009 were otherwise awarded 24 March 2016 as a result of
doping disqualifications. Among these reallocations also the medals of
20 km walk, which saw the Italian Giorgio Rubino, initially 4th, get the bronze medal This fact, 7 years after the event, allowed
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
to clear the zero in the
Medal table
The Olympic medal table is a method of sorting the medal placements of countries in the modern-day
Olympics and Paralympics. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) does not officially recognize a ranking of participating countries at the Olympic ...
. He also has won other four medals, three of these at senior level, in
international competitions, and is a five-time winner at the
Italian Championships.
Achievements
National titles
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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 ...
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10,000 metres walk: 2012
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20 km walk: 2005
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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 ...
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5000 metres walk
The 5000 metres race walk is a racewalking event. The event is competed as a track race and was part of the athletics programme for men at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics until 1993. It is also an event in the World Masters Athle ...
: 2006, 2012, 2013
See also
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Italian team at the running events
The Italian team at the running events represents Italy at senior level at the road running ( marathon, half marathon), racewalking, cross country running and track long-distance running (10,000 metres) events, such as World championships, World ...
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Italy at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup
Italy national athletics team, Italy has competed at every edition of the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships (IAAF World Race Walking Cup until 2016, than IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships until 2018) form 1961 IAAF World Rac ...
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Italy at the European Race Walking Cup - Multiple medalists
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Italian all-time lists - 20 km walk
References
External links
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1986 births
Living people
Italian male racewalkers
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes of Italy
World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
Athletes from Rome
Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy
Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
Athletics competitors of Fiamme Azzurre
Athletics competitors of Fiamme Gialle
21st-century Italian people