Giuseppe De Gaetano
Appearance
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Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Padua | 4 October 1966|||||||||||||||||
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Country | Italy | |||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
Event | Race walk | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Giuseppe De Gaetano (born 4 October 1966) is a retired male race walker from Italy.
Biography
[edit]He competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics, finishing in 12th place in the men's 50 km walk event. De Gaetano set his personal best (3:51.54) in the men's 50 km walk event in 1993. He was the son of the Italian Olympic racewalker (Rome 1960) Antonio De Gaetano.[1]
Achievements
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1989 | World Race Walking Cup | L'Hospitalet, Spain | 16th | 50 km | 3:58:22 |
1991 | World Race Walking Cup | San Jose, United States | 9th | 50 km | 3:55:45 |
World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 6th | 50 km | 4:03:43 | |
1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 12th | 50 km | 3:59:13 |
1993 | World Race Walking Cup | Monterrey, Mexico | 9th | 50 km | 4:00:19 |
1994 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | — | 50 km | DQ |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Lutto nell'atletica, scompare De Gaetano" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
Il figlio Giuseppe è riuscito in seguito nell'impresa di seguire le orme del padre, divenendo anch'egli marciatore e riuscendo a partecipare ai Giochi olimpici