Paolo Catalano (born 27 February 1964 in
Tripoli
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) is a retired
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sprinter who specialized in the
200 metres
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, that won two medals with the
national relay team at the
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Biography
He finished seventh in
4 × 100 m relay
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at the
1987 World Championships, with teammates
Ezio Madonia
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He is the coach of Lu ...
,
Domenico Gorla and
Pierfrancesco Pavoni
Pierfrancesco Pavoni (born 21 February 1963, in Rome) is a retired sprinter from Italy.
Biography
He won twelve medals at the International athletics competitions, four of these with national relays team and one of these at junior level. His gre ...
. He also competed at the World Indoor Championships in
1989
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and
1991
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without reaching the final.
His personal best 200 metres time was 20.99 seconds, achieved in February 1989 in
Turin
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. His personal best
100 metres
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time was 10.61 seconds, achieved in August 1990 in
Sestriere
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.
Italian all-time list, men's 100 metres (last updated for year 2000)
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Achievements
See also
* Italy national relay team
References
External links
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1964 births
Living people
People from Tripoli
Italian male sprinters
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Mediterranean Games
World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
Libyan people of Italian descent
Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics