Walter Arena (born 30 May 1964) is a male
race walker
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from Italy.
He continues to race, winning the
M45 at the 2012 European Masters Athletics Championships 5,000 metres walk.
Biography
Walter Arena won three medal (one at individual 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
* World cha ...
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He participated at one edition of the
Summer Olympics
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(1992), he has 28 caps in
national team
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The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exam ...
from 1984 to 1997.
National records
* 20000 m walk: 1:19:24 (
Fana
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, 26 May 1990) - current holder
Achievements
See also
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Italian records in athletics
The following are the national records in athletics in Italy maintained by its national athletics federation, Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera (FIDAL).
Outdoor
Key to tables:
+ = en route to a longer distance
h = hand timing
A = af ...
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Italian team at the running events
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References
External links
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1964 births
Living people
Italian male racewalkers
Italian masters athletes
Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Athletics competitors of Fiamme Azzurre
Olympic athletes for Italy
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Sportspeople from Catania
World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
FISU World University Games gold medalists for Italy
Medalists at the 1989 Summer Universiade
20th-century Italian people