Pierfrancesco Pavoni (born 21 February 1963, in

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) is a retired

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er from Italy.

Biography

He won twelve medals at the

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, four of these with national relays team and one of these at

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level. His greatest achievements were the 1982 European Championships silver medal as well as two World Indoor bronze medals. His personal times were both achieved in 1986: 10.22 seconds over

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and in 1987: 20.38 seconds over

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...

. At 1983 World Championships he set the Italian record of the 4 × 100 m, winning another silver medal, with the teammate

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at the last relay.

Achievements

National titles

He has won 8 times the individual

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. *3 wins in the

(1982, 1983, 1987) *2 wins in the

(1987) *1 win in the

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(1985) *2 wins in the

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indoor (1985, 1987)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pavoni, Pierfrancesco 1963 births Living people Italian male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Italy Athletes from Rome World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Mediterranean Games Italian Athletics Championships winners

Biography

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