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Abdon Pamich

Abdon Pamich
Abdon Pamich 1964cr.jpg
Pamich in 1964
Personal information
Nationality Italian
Born (1933-10-03) October 3, 1933 (age 83)
Fiume, Italy
(now Rijeka, Croatia)
Residence Genoa, Italy
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Country Italy Italy
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Race walking
Club Amatori
Esso Club Genova
Esso Roma
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 20 km – 1:28:06 (1964)
50 km – 4:03:02 (1960)

Abdon Pamich (born 3 October 1933) is a former Italian race walker. He competed in the 50 km event at the 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1960 and a gold in 1964. Pamich was the Olympics flag bearer for Italy in 1972.

Pamich was born in Fiume (Rijeka, present-day Croatia) in 1933, at that time the city was under Italian jurisdiction. On 16 October 1960 he set a world record over 50 km at 4:03:02 in Ponte San Pietro. Later he was inducted into the FIDAL Hall of Fame.

Pamich won 40 national championships:


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