Luigi Conti (born 11 September 1937) is a retired Italian

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Biography

He finished 12th in the

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event of the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

. He was born in

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in the

Province of Como The Province of Como ( it, Provincia di Como; german: Provinz Como; Comasco: ) is a province in the north of the Lombardy region of Italy and borders the Swiss cantons of Ticino and Grigioni to the North, the Italian provinces of Sondrio and Le ...

and ran for the

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military sports club. He also represented his nation at the

1966 European Athletics Championships The 8th European Athletics Championships were held from 30 August to 4 September 1966 in the Stadium Puskás Ferenc, Nép Stadium in Budapest, Hungarian People's Republic, Hungary. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Hera ...

, where he ran in the

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, but failed to finish. He was a five-time national champion at the

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 ...

, winning the 5000 m in 1959, 1960 and 1963, as well as the

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in 1960 and 1963. He also won the Italian

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title in 1962 and 1965.Italian Championships
GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-07-20. He held a personal best of 14:01.55 minutes for the 5000 m.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Conti, Luigi 1937 births Living people Sportspeople from the Province of Como Italian male cross country runners Italian male long-distance runners Italian male marathon runners Olympic athletes for Italy Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Italian Athletics Championships winners