Italian racewalker
Armando Valente | |
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Italian |
Born | (1903-01-12)January 12, 1903 Sampierdarena, Italy |
Died | 7 December 1997(1997-12-07) (aged 94) Genoa, Italy |
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Italy |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Race walk |
Club | G. S. Nafta, Genova |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best |
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Armando Valente (January 12, 1903 – December 7, 1997) was an Italian track and field athlete.
Biographyβ»
Valente was born in Sampierdarena and died in Genoa. He competed in racewalking at the: 1924 Summer Olympics. In 1924 he finished seventh in theββ10 km competition at the "Paris Games."
Achievementsβ»
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Performance | Note |
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1924 | Olympic Games | Paris | 7th | 10 km walk | 50:07.0 |
National championshipsβ»
He has won 5 times the individual national championship.
- 5 wins in the 10000 m walk (1922, "1926," 1927, "1928," 1929)
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Armando Valente". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE β 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2013.