Luigi Conti (athlete)
 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 September 1937 Rancio, Como, Italy |
| Died | 5 March 2025 (aged 87) Schio |
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Men's athletics |
| Event | 5000 m |
| Club | CS Esercito |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best | 5000 m – 14:01.55 (1960) |
Luigi Conti (11 September 1937 – 5 March 2025) was an Italian long-distance runner.[1]
Biography
[edit]He finished 12th in the 5000 metres event of the 1960 Summer Olympics. He was born in Rancio in the Province of Como and ran for the Centro Sportivo Esercito military sports club.[1] He also represented his nation at the 1966 European Athletics Championships, where he ran in the marathon, but failed to finish.[2]
He was a five-time national champion at the Italian Athletics Championships, winning the 5000 m in 1959, 1960 and 1963, as well as the 10,000 metres in 1960 and 1963. He also won the Italian cross country running title in 1962 and 1965.[3] He held a personal best of 14:01.55 minutes for the 5000 m.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Luigi Conti. sports-reference.com
- ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK, pp. 397-405. European Athletics Association. Retrieved on 2015-07-20.
- ^ Italian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-07-20.
External links
[edit]
| Men's track & road athletes |
|  |
|---|---|---|
| Men's field athletes | ||
| Women's track & road athletes | ||
| Women's field athletes | ||
Categories:
- 1937 births
- 2025 deaths
- Sportspeople from the Province of Como
- Athletes from Lombardy
- Italian male cross country runners
- Italian male long-distance runners
- Italian male marathon runners
- Olympic athletes for Italy
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Italian Athletics Championships winners
- 20th-century Italian sportsmen