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| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1933-01-14)14 January 1933 Gallarate, Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 18 October 2014(2014-10-18) (aged 81) Gallarate, Italy | ||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Gallaratese | ||||||||||||||
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Luigi Gnocchi (14 January 1933 – 18 October 2014) was an Italian sprinter, that won three gold medals in one single edition of Mediterranean Games. He was born in Gallarate. He was finalist with the national relay team on 4x100 metres relay at the 1956 Summer Olympics (4th place).
Biography
Gnocchi participated at one edition of the Summer Olympics (1956), he has 11 caps in national team from 1953 to 1956.
National records
- 100 metres: 10.4 ( Rome, 29 September 1956)
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Performance | Note |
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| 1954 | European Championships |  Bern
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4th | 4 × 100 m relay | 41.9 | |
| 1956 | Olympic Games |  Melbourne
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QF | 100 metres | 10.8 | |
| 4th | 4 × 100 metres relay | 40.3 |
National titles
Gnocchi won the individual national championship five times.
- 3 wins on 100 metres (1954, 1955, 1956)
- 2 wins on 200 metres (1955, 1956)
See also
- 100 metres winners of Italian Athletics Championships
- 200 metres winners of Italian Athletics Championships
- Italy national relay team
References
- "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - UOMINI" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
- Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
- He ran in a better crono (10.7) in the first round.
- ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
External links
- Luigi Gnocchi at World Athletics
- Luigi Gnocchi at Olympics.com
- Luigi Gnocchi at Olympedia
- Luigi Gnocchi's obituary (in Italian)
| Mediterranean Games champions in men's 100 metres | |
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| Mediterranean Games champions in men's 200 metres | |
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- 1933 births
- 2014 deaths
- Italian male sprinters
- Olympic athletes for Italy
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1955 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
- Italian Athletics Championships winners
- People from Gallarate
- 20th-century Italian sportsmen