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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Pietro_MenneaPietro Mennea - Wikipedia

    Pietro Paolo Mennea (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpjɛːtro menˈnɛːa]; 28 June 1952 – 21 March 2013), nicknamed la Freccia del Sud ("the Arrow of the South"), was an Italian sprinter and politician.

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  3. it.wikipedia.org › wiki › Pietro_MenneaPietro Mennea - Wikipedia

    Pietro Paolo Mennea è stato un velocista e politico italiano. Campione olimpico dei 200 metri piani a Mosca 1980, è stato il primatista mondiale della specialità dal 1979 al 1996 con il tempo di 19"72, che costituisce tuttora il record europeo. Ha detenuto inoltre, dal 1979 al 2018, il record italiano dei 100 metri piani con il tempo di 10 ...

  4. www.nytimes.com › 2013/03/22 › sportsPietro Mennea, Sprint Champion, Dies at 60 - The New York Times

    Mar 21, 2013 · ROME (AP) — Pietro Mennea, an Olympic sprint champion from Italy who held the world record in the 200 meters for 17 years, died here on Thursday. He was 60.

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  6. worldathletics.org › news › iaaf-newsPietro Mennea passes away| News - World Athletics

    Mar 21, 2013 · It was with great sadness that the IAAF today received the news that Italian sprinting legend Pietro Mennea passed away this morning (21 March) at a hospital in Rome after a long battle with illness.

  7. www.bbc.com › sport › athleticsFormer Olympic 200m champion Pietro Mennea dies, aged 60 - BBC

    Mar 21, 2013 · Italy's former 200m world record holder and Olympic champion Pietro Mennea has died, aged 60. The sprinter won 200m gold at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, beating Britain's 100m champion Alan Wells...

  8. www.olympedia.org › athletes › 72052Olympedia – Pietro Mennea

    Mar 21, 2013 · Pietro Mennea was an Italian sprinter who won the 200 metres gold medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympics and set the world record in 1979. He also competed in four other Olympics, won three European titles and one World Championship medal, and was a politician and lawyer.

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  10. www.italymagazine.com › featured-story › italianItalian Sprint Legend Pietro Mennea Dies | ITALY Magazine

    Italian 1980 Olympic 100m gold medalist and longtime world 200m record-holder, Pietro Mennea, died today in Rome at 61 after a long battle with a terminal illness.