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| Born | 31 December 1940 (1940-12-31) (age 83) Rome, Italy | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
| Event | 3000 m steeplechase | |||||||||||
| Club | CUS Roma | |||||||||||
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| Personal best | 8:33.8 (1970) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Umberto Risi (born 31 December 1940) is a retired Italian steeplechase runner. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics but failed to reach the final. Risi won a bronze medal at the 1971 Mediterranean Games. His personal best for the steeplechase was 8:33.8 minutes, set in 1970.
Biography
Risi ran for Italy at the 1970 International Cross Country Championships but failed to finish. He was later selected for the 1973 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, but again did not finish. He was twice a competitor at the European Athletics Championships (1969 and 1971), but did not progress beyond the steeplechase heats of either competition.
He was a two-time Italian national champion in the steeplechase, winning in 1969 and 1970.
References
- Mediterranean Games. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-07-12.
- Umberto Risi. sports-reference.com
- Magnusson, Tomas (2007-03-24). International Cross Country Championships - 12.1km CC Men - Vichy Date: Sunday, March 22, 1970. Athchamps (archived). Retrieved on 2015-07-12.
- Magnusson, Tomas (2007-03-24). IAAF World Cross Country Championships - 12.0km CC Men - Waregem Date: Saturday, March 17, 1973. Athchamps (archived). Retrieved on 2015-07-12.
- European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK, pp. 405–412. European Athletics Association. Retrieved on 2015-07-12.
- Italian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-07-12.
External links
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- 1940 births
- Living people
- Athletes from Rome
- Italian male steeplechase runners
- Italian male long-distance runners
- Olympic athletes for Italy
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1971 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
- Italian Athletics Championships winners
- 20th-century Italian sportsmen