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Pino Dordoni
	Pino Dordoni (left), with Donata Govoni and Livio Berruti
Personal information
Full name	Giuseppe Dordoni
Nationality	Italian
Born	28 June 1926; Piacenza, Italy
Died	24 October 1998 (aged 72); Piacenza, Italy
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	Race walk
Club	Diana PC
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	10km w.: 45:42.2 (1954); 20km w.: 1:32:38 (1960); 50km w.: 4:28:07 (1952);
Medal record
Olympic Games
European Championships
Mediterranean Games

Giuseppe "Pino" Dordoni (28 June 1926 – 24 October 1998) was an Italian athlete who competed mainly in the 50 kilometre race walk.

Biography edit

He competed for Italy at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland, where he won the gold medal in the men's 50 kilometre walk event. In 1950 he became European champion.

Achievements edit

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Performance	Note
1950	European Championships	Brussels	1st	50 km walk	4:40:43	^[1]
1952	Olympic Games	Helsinki	1st	50 km walk	4:28:07.8

National titles edit

Pino Dordoni has won 26 times the individual national championship.^[2]

11 wins on 10000 metres walk (1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957)
10 wins on 20 km walk (1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957)
5 wins on 50 km walk (1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954)

References edit

^ "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - UOMINI" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
^ ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 24, 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2013.