Giovanni Modena

Italian decathlete and bobsledder

Giovanni Modena
Personal information
National team
  • Italy (athletics): 13 caps (1972-1977)[1]
Born (1954-09-01) 1 September 1954 (age 69)[2]
Verona, Italy
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
Sport
  • Sport of athletics
  • Bobsleigh
Events
  • Decathlon (athletics)
  • Four-man event (bobsleigh)

Giovanni "Gianni" Modena (born 1 September 1954) is a former Italian combined-event athlete and bobsledder.

Modena won eight national championships at individual senior level.[3][4]

Achievements

Athletics

National titles

  • Italian Athletics Championships
    • Decathlon: 1972, 1975, 1977 (3)
    • 4 × 100 metres relay: 1975 (1)
  • Italian Indoor Athletics Championships
    • Pentathlon: 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 (5)
    • Heptathlon: 1983 (1)

Bobsleigh

He competed in the four man event at the 1980 Winter Olympics.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Annuario FIDAL dell'atletica 2010" (PDF) (in Italian). asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  2. ^ Giovanni Modena at Olympedia
  3. ^ "TUTTI I CAMPIONI ITALIANI 1906-2014" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  4. ^ "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  5. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Giovanni Modena Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2018.

External links

  • Giovanni Modena at World AthleticsEdit on Wikidata
  • Giovanni Modena at Olympics.comEdit on Wikidata
  • Giovanni Modena at OlympediaEdit on Wikidata
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Italian Athletics Champions in men's decathlon
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