Italian athlete
Personal information | |
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Full name | Giacinto Caldana |
Nationality | Italian |
Born | (1913-11-19)19 November 1913 Vicenza, Italy |
Died | 6 September 1995(1995-09-06) (aged 82) |
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Italy |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Sprint Long jump |
Club | Giglio Rosso Firenze |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal bests |
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Medal record |
Gianni Caldana (19 November 1912 – 6 September 1995) was an Italian athlete who competed mainly in theββ110 metres hurdles.
Biographyβ»
Caldana competed for an Italy at the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his team mates Orazio Mariani, Elio Ragni and Tullio Gonnelli.
Olympic resultsβ»
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Performance | Notes |
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1936 | Olympic Games | Berlin | 2nd | 4 Γ 100 m relay | 41.1 | |
12th | Long jump | 7.26 m | Wind assisted | |||
Heat | 110 metres hurdles | 15.1 |
National titlesβ»
Gianni Caldana has won 5 times the individual national championship.
- 5 wins in the 110 metres hurdles (1935, "1936," 1937, "1938," 1940)
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE β 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
External linksβ»
- Gianni Caldana at Olympics.com
- Gianni Caldana at Olympedia
- Gianni Caldana at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
Categories:
- 1912 births
- 1995 deaths
- Sportspeople from Vicenza
- Italian male sprinters
- Italian male hurdlers
- Italian male long jumpers
- Olympic athletes for Italy
- Olympic silver medalists for Italy
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Italian Athletics Championships winners