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Giovanni De Benedictis

Giovanni De Benedictis
Personal information
Nickname(s) Gianni
Nationality Italian
Born (1968-01-08) January 8, 1968 (age 49)
Pescara, Italy
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Country Italy Italy
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Racewalking
Club C.S. Carabinieri
Coached by Mario De Benedictis
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 3 km walk: 11:35.34
  • 10 km walk: 39:42.50
  • 20 km walk: 1:20:29
  • 30 km walk: 2:09:25
  • 50 km walk: 3:48:06

Giovanni De Benedictis (born January 8, 1968 in Pescara) is a retired Italian race walker.

De Benedictis 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 (from 1988 to 2004), he has 42 caps in seventeen years in national team from 1987 to 2004.

Giovanni De Benedictis has won 29 times the individual national championship, thrird of all-time after Abdon Pamich (40) and Antonio Ambu (34).


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