Giovanni De Benedictis


Giovanni De Benedictis is a retired Italian race walker, that won 9 medals at individual level, 7 of these at senior level, at the International athletics competitions. He participated at five editions of the Summer Olympics, this like only two others Italian athletes in track and field: the other racewalker champion Abdon Pamich and the sprinter Pietro Mennea. He also won four medals at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup team events.

Biography

Giovanni De Benedictis has won 28 times the individual national championship, third of all-time after Abdon Pamich and Antonio Ambu. He has 42 caps in seventeen years in national team from 1987 to 2004.
In addition to the five Olympic Games, he participated in six World Outdoor Championships and two of the World Indoor, four editions of the European Outdoor Championships and five European Indoor, six editions of the World Race Walking Cup and four of the European Race Walking Cup.

World best performances

National titles

He won 28 times the national championships at senior level.
EventOutdoorIndoor
20 km walk road1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001
50 km walk road2004, 2006
10,000 metres walk track1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2002
5000 metres walk1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998
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