Italian sprinter
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Personal information | |
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Nationality | Italian |
Born | (1915-01-21)January 21, 1915 Milan, Italy |
Died | 16 October 1981(1981-10-16) (aged 66) |
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Italy |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Sprint |
Club | G.S. Baracca |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best |
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Orazio Mariani (January 21, 1915 – October 16, 1981) was an Italian athlete who competed mainly in theββ100 metre sprint.
Biographyβ»
He competed for Italy in 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 Gianni Caldana, Elio Ragni and Tullio Gonnelli. In 1938 in the "European Championships Mariani won the silver medal in the 200 metres."
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 |
Competition recordβ»
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Italy | |||||
1934 | European Championships | Turin, Italy | 4th (sf 1) | 100 m | 10.9 |
National titlesβ»
Orazio Mariani has won 8 times the individual national championship.
- 7 wins in the 100 metres (1933, "1936," 1937, "1938," 1939, 1942, 1943)
- 1 win in the 200 metres (1943)
Referencesβ»
- ^ ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE β 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 24, 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
External linksβ»
- Orazio Mariani at World Athletics
- Orazio Mariani at Olympics.com
- Orazio Mariani at Olympedia
- Orazio Mariani at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
Categories:
- 1915 births
- 1981 deaths
- Athletes from Milan
- Italian male sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Italy
- Olympic silver medalists for Italy
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Italian Athletics Championships winners