Donato Pavesi
- 10 km walk : 47.47.0 (1910) - 100 km walk : 9.51.39 (1922) 20 km walk : 1.37.42.2 (1927)
Donato Pavesi (August 19, 1888 – June 30, 1946) was an Italian track and field athlete who competed in racewalking in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Summer Olympics.[1]
Biography
Born in Milan (Italy) on the 19 August 1888, he was an extraordinary walker, especially on long distances. He won six times the famous yearly 100 kilometres racewalk between 1908 and 1939, also establishing the world record in the 1922 edition, with a time of 9.51’39’’ . He won other classic racewalks, such as the London-Brighton (8h 26' 23 in the 1921 edition and 8h 37' 27 in the 1923 edition), the Manchester-Liverpool, the Manchester-Blackpool or the 20 Miles of London at Stamford Bridge -
In 1920, he took part to the Summer Olympic Games in Antwerp and was disqualified in the 3 km racewalk final as well as in the 10 km final. Four years later he finished fourth in the 10 km competition at the Paris Games.[2]
In 1927, he established the world record of Men's 20 kilometres walk with a time of 1.37’42’’2. He died in 1946 during a veteran racewalk.[3][4]
Achievements
Year | Competition | Country | Position | Event | Performance | Note |
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1921 | London-Brighton | Great Britain | 1 st | London-Brighton walk | 8.26.23 | |
1922 | 100 km walk | Italy | 1st | 100 km walk | 9.51.39 | WR |
1923 | London-Brighton | GB | 1 st | London-Brighton walk | 8.37.27 | |
1924 | Olympic Games | Paris | 4th | 10 km walk | 49:17.0 | |
1927 | Arena-Milan | Italy | 1 st | 20 km walk | 1.37.42.2 | WR |
See also
References
External links
- Donato Pavesi at World Athletics
- Donato Pavesi at Olympics.com
- Donato Pavesi at Olympedia
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- 1908: Antonio Navoni
- 1909: Silla Del Sole
- 1910: Italo Berta
- 1911: not held
- 1912: Donato Pavesi
- 1913: Giovanni Brunelli
- 1914: Donato Pavesi
- 1915-1918: not held
- 1919–20: Giusto Umeck
- 1921: Donato Pavesi
- 1922–23: Giovanni Brunelli
- 1924–25: Donato Pavesi
- 1926: Attilio Callegari
- 1927: Giusto Umeck
- 1928: Romano Vecchietti
- 1929: Romano Peggiolini
- 1930: Francesco Pretti
- 1931: Ettore Rivolta
- 1932–33: Umberto Olivoni
- 1934–36: Ettore Rivolta
- 1937: Giuseppe Gobbato
- 1938: Cosimo Puttilli
- 1939: Ettore Rivolta
- 1940: Alighiero Guglielmi
- 1941: Giuseppe Malaspina
- 1942: Alighiero Guglielmi
- 1943–1944: not held
- 1945: Giuseppe Kressevich
- 1946: Valentino Bertolini
- 1947: Cosimo Puttilli
- 1948: Valentino Bertolini
- 1949–50: Pino Dordoni
- 1951: Salvatore Cascino
- 1952–54: Pino Dordoni
- 1955–68: Abdon Pamich
- 1969: Sante Mancini
- 1970–75: Vittorio Visini
- 1976: Paolo Grecucci
- 1977: Franco Vecchio
- 1978: Paolo Grecucci
- 1979–80: Domenico Carpentieri
- 1981: Vittorio Visini
- 1982: Graziano Morotti
- 1983–84: Raffaello Ducceschi
- 1985–86: Maurizio Damilano
- 1987: Giovanni Perricelli
- 1988: Raffaello Ducceschi
- 1989: Giovanni Perricelli
- 1990: Maurizio Damilano
- 1991–92: Giovanni Perricelli
- 1993: Giuseppe De Gaetano
- 1994: Giovanni De Benedictis
- 1995: Alessandro Mistretta
- 1996: Giovanni De Benedictis
- 1997: Giovanni Perricelli
- 1998: Michele Didoni
- 1999: Marco Giungi
- 2000: Francesco Galdenzi
- 2001–04: Marco Giungi
- 2005: Alex Schwazer
- 2006: Marco De Luca
- 2007–08: Alex Schwazer
- 2009: Marco De Luca
- 2010: Alex Schwazer
- 2011–12: Federico Tontodonati
- 2013: not held
- 2014: Matteo Giupponi
- 2015: Federico Tontodonati
- 2016: Michele Antonelli
- 2017: Stefano Chiesa
- 2018: Leonardo Dei Tos
- 2019: Michele Antonelli
- 2021: not disputed due Covid
- 2021: Teodorico Caporaso