Michele Didoni (born 7 March 1974 in
Milan
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) is an Italian retired
race walker
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, world champion of the
20 km race walk
The 20 kilometre race walk is an Olympic Games, Olympic athletics (sport), athletics event that is competed by both men and women. The racewalking event is competed as a road race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supp ...
at
Gothenburg 1995.
Biography
He won six times the
national championships
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at
senior
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* Senior (name), a surname ...
level. and after his retire, he was the
coach
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Guidance/instruction
* Coach (sport), a director of athletes' training and activities
* Coaching, the practice of guiding an individual through a process
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Transportation
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of Italian Olympic champion
Alex Schwazer
Alex Schwazer, OMRI (born 26 December 1984), is an Italian race walker. He was the 2008 Olympic 50k walk champion. He retired during the 2012 Olympics after being disqualified for doping offences.
Biography
Schwazer was born in Sterzing, Sou ...
.
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 ...
**
10 km walk
The 10 kilometres race walk, or 10-kilometer racewalk, is a racewalking event. The event is competed as a road race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight until the raised leg passes it ...
: road: 1994, 1996, 1998, 2001
**
20 km walk: road: 1995
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50 km walk
The 50 kilometre race walk was an Olympic athletics event that first appeared in 1932 and made its final Olympic appearance in 2021. The racewalking event is competed as a road race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the ...
: road: 1998
See also
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FIDAL Hall of Fame
The IAAF Hall of Fame is a hall of fame which was established by the FIDAL (''Italian Athletics Federation'') in 2012. The FIDAL Hall of Fame includes Italian athletes who have excelled in the history of athletics and that match some criteria.
C ...
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Italian all-time lists - 20 km walk
References
External links
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1974 births
Living people
Italian male racewalkers
Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes of Italy
Athletes from Milan
World Athletics Championships medalists
World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
Athletics competitors of Centro Sportivo Carabinieri
Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy
Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy
Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1997 Mediterranean Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
World Athletics Championships winners
20th-century Italian people
21st-century Italian people