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Vincenzo Lombardo

Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1932-01-21)21 January 1932 Santo Stefano di Camastra, Italy
Died	2 December 2007(2007-12-02) (aged 75) Milan, Italy
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	Sprint
Club	G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	100: 10.7 (1955) 200: 21.1 (1955) 400: 47.2 (1960)
Medal record Mediterranean Games 1955 Barcelona 200 metres 1955 Barcelona 4x400 metres relay 1955 Barcelona 400 metres

Vincenzo Lombardo (21 January 1932, in Santo Stefano di Camastra – 2 December 2007, in Milan) was an Italian sprinter.

Biography

Vincenzo Lombardo won three medals at the International athletics competitions. He participated at two editions of the Summer Olympics (1952 and 1956), he has 14 caps in national team from 1955 to 1960.

After a successful career in athletics, he became a General of "Guardia de Finanza" and was active against criminals. He eventually went back to sports, starting as a sports manager and then rising up as a Chairman of FIDAL Regional Committee in Lombardi.

One of his two daughters, Patrizia and Rossana, was also in sports, representing Italy in 100m and 400m hurdles.

Olympic results

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Performance	Notes
1952	Olympic Games	Helsinki	Heat	400 metres	49.3
1956	Olympic Games	Melbourne	QF	200 metres	21.4
			4th	4×100 metres relay	40.3

National titles

Vincenzo Lombardo has won 3 time the individual national championship.

• 3 wins in the 400 metres (1952, 1954, 1955)

See also

• Italy national relay team

References

1. "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - UOMINI" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
2. Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
3. http://www.european-athletics.org/youth-athletics-programme-news/496-general/5881-death-of-italian-vincenzo-lombardo-.html
4. "Vincenzo Lombardo". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2017. Father of Patrizia Lombardo; Father of Rossana Lombardo.
5. ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.

External links

• Vincenzo Lombardo at Olympics.com
• Vincenzo Lombardo at Olympedia

v t e 1952 Italy Olympic Athletics Team
Men's track & road athletes	Telemaco Arcangeli Artidoro Berti Asfò Bussotti Salvatore Cascino Pino Dordoni Bruno Fait Armando Filiput Luigi Grossi Giuseppe Kressevich Franco Leccese Vincenzo Lombardo Egilberto Martufi Wolfgango Montanari Baldassare Porto Gianni Rocca Lucio Sangermano Antonio Siddi Giorgio Sobrero Carlo Vittori
Men's field athletes	Adolfo Consolini Avio Lucioli Amos Matteucci Angiolo Profeti Teseo Taddia Giuseppe Tosi
Women's track & road athletes	Vittoria Cesarini Milena Greppi Giuseppina Leone Vera Martelli Maria Musso Liliana Tagliaferri
Women's field athletes	Edera Cordiale Ada Turci

v t e 1956 Italy Olympic Athletics Team
Men's track & road athletes	Gianfranco Baraldi Mario Colarossi Sergio D'Asnasch Pino Dordoni Franco Galbiati Giovanni Ghiselli Luigi Gnocchi Giuseppe Lavelli Vincenzo Lombardo Abdon Pamich
Men's field athletes	Giulio Chiesa Adolfo Consolini Giovanni Lievore Silvano Meconi Gianmario Roveraro
Women's track & road athletes	Letizia Bertoni Milena Greppi Giuseppina Leone Maria Musso Franca Peggion
Women's field athletes	Paola Paternoster

• 1932 births
• 2007 deaths
• Italian male sprinters
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics
• Olympic athletes for Italy
• Athletics competitors of Fiamme Gialle
• Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Messina
• Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy
• Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1955 Mediterranean Games
• Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
• Italian Athletics Championships winners
• 21st-century Italian sportsmen
• 20th-century Italian sportsmen