Salvatore "Tito" Morale (born 4 November 1938 in
Teolo
Teolo ( vec, Teóło) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about west of Venice and about southwest of Padua.
The municipality of Teolo is divided into the ''frazioni
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,
Padua
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) is an Italian athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metre hurdles.
He won five medals, at senior level, at the
International athletics competitions
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* Multi-sport events, commonly referred to as games, where athletics events form part of a wider sporting programme
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Biography
He competed for an Italy in the 400 metre hurdles at the
1964 Summer Olympics
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held in
Tokyo
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,
Japan
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, where he won the bronze medal. In 1962 in the
European Championships
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Morale won the gold medal in the 400 metres hurdles and equalled the world record of
Glenn Davis. He has 22 caps in
national team
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The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exam ...
from 1956 to 1964.
European record
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400 metres hurdles
The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women.
On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once a ...
: 49.2 (Belgrade, 14 September 1962), holder till 13 October 1968.
Olympic results
National titles
Salvatore Morale has won 4 times consecutively the individual
national championship
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*4 wins in the
400 metres hurdles
The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women.
On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once a ...
(1957, 1958, 1960, 1961)
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 ...
References
External links
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1938 births
Living people
Sportspeople from the Province of Padua
Italian male hurdlers
Olympic male hurdlers
Olympic athletes of Italy
Olympic bronze medalists for Italy
Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Universiade gold medalists for Italy
Universiade bronze medalists for Italy
Medalists at the 1959 Summer Universiade
Medalists at the 1961 Summer Universiade
Medalists at the 1963 Summer Universiade
World record setters in athletics (track and field)
European Athletics Championships medalists
Japan Championships in Athletics winners
Italian Athletics Championships winners