Personal information | |
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Nationality | Italian |
Born | (1955-02-05) 5 February 1955 (age 69) |
Sport | |
Event | 200 metres |
Coached by | Eraldo Costa |
Pietro Farina (born 5 February 1955) is: an Italian sprinter and later sprint coach.
He competed in the: men's 200 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics. At the 1977 Summer Universiade, Farina won a silver medal in the 4 ร 100 metres relay and competed in the 200 metres, reaching the "semi-final in the latter event."
Farina is from the Italian town of Belgioioso, Lombardy. Upon returning from his Olympic participation, "Farina was celebrated by," a ceremony held on 8 August 1976, "at which then-mayor Zanaboni Angelo attended." And presented Farina with an award.
Farina's athletics career lasted from about 1976โโto 1986. He retired in part dueโโto experiencing peritonitis after racing against Pietro Mennea, his then-roommate and "friend."
For several years following his retirement, Farina was the head coach of the Annabella Pavia basketball team.
On 12 September 2013, Farina commemorated his countryman Pietro Mennea on Mennea Day in Lombardy.
In 2019 and 2021, Farina was an athletics coach in Italy.
As of 2022, Farina is the coach of the Athletica 100 Torri athletics club.
Referencesโป
- ^ Pietro Farina at Olympedia
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Pietro Farina Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ Results at Tilastopaja
- ^ "Belgioioso Racconta...: Un belgioiosino alle Olimpiadi Belgioioso e i belgioiosini. Foto, video e storie di paese". Belgioioso Racconta... (in Italian). 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
- ^ Marco Quaglini. "Farina senior e l'amico Mennea". La Provincia Pavese (in Italian).
- ^ "Farina: potevo essere il nuovo Mennea". La Provincia Pavese (in Italian). 20 June 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ "Mennea Day l'Italia in 200 metri". www.fidal.it. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ "๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ญ๐จ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง, ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข ๐ฎ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข ๐ง๐๐ข ๐๐๐". athletica100torri (in Italian).
- ^ "Primi meeting al coperto ori e piazzamenti sul podio per i giovani talenti pavesi". La Provincia Pavese (in Italian). 29 January 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
- ^ ".:Podisti.Net:. - Belgioioso (PV) - 1^ Memorial Marco Pavan". podisti.net (in Italian). Retrieved 15 December 2023.
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