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Pietro Mennea

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Pietro Mennea

Italian sprinter and politician (1952–2013)

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Born: 1952
Died: 2013-03-21
Works: 4

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Type: Person
Country: IT
Active from: 1863-12-07
Active to: 1945-08-02

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Listeners: 1
Total plays: 1

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Article

Olympic Games

1980 Moscow200 m

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World University Games

Summer Olympic Games

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1952 births 2013 deaths 20th-century Italian sportsmen Academic staff of the D'Annunzio University of Chieti–Pescara Athletes (track and field) at the 1971 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1975 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1979 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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Self-consistent molecular orbital methods. XXIII. A polarization-type basis set for second-row elements
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Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults
· 2017 · cited 5,459x

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Quotes

“Io devo prendermela con qualcuno per ottenere risultati.”

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Key facts

Full name: Pietro Paolo Mennea
Nickname: la Freccia del Sud ("the Arrow of the South")
Nationality: Italian
Born: ( 1952-06-28 ) 28 June 1952 , Barletta , Apulia , Italy
Died: 21 March 2013 (2013-03-21) (aged 60) , Rome, Italy
Height: 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight: 73 kg (161 lb)
Website: pietromennea .it
Country: Italy
Sport: Track and field
Event s: 100 m , 200 m
Club: Avis Barletta (1967–1972) Aeronautica Militare (1973) Alco Atalanta Rieti (1974–1976) Fiat C.E. Bari (1977) Fiat Iveco Torino (1978–1980) Capannelle Roma (1984) A.C. Bergamo (1984)
Coached by: Carlo Vittori
Retired: 28 September 1988
Personal bests: 100 m: 10.01 (1979) 200 m: 19.72 (1979, AR ) 400 m: 45.87 (1977)

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Key dates

Born: 28 June 1952
Died: 21 March 2013

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Paolo
Gender: male
Citizenship: Italy
Place of birth: Barletta
Place of death: Rome
Occupation: athletics competitor
Position held: Member of the European Parliament
Educated at: D'Annunzio University of Chieti–Pescara
Employer: D'Annunzio University of Chieti–Pescara
Political party: Democracy Is Freedom – The Daisy
Languages spoken: Italian
Native language: Italian
Participant in: athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – men's 4 × 400 metres relay
Sport: athletics
Country for sport: Italy
Mass: +73
Official website: www.pietromennea.it
Image: Pietro Mennea 1972.jpg
Height: +180
Work location: Brussels

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World Athletics

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4 × 100 metres relay

Armin Zöggeler

1978 European Athletics Championships

1971 European Athletics Championships

1974 European Athletics Championships

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Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Mediterranean Games

Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Burials at the Cimitero Flaminio

Deaths from pancreatic cancer in Lazio

European Athletics Championships medalists

FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Italy

FISU World University Games gold medalists for Italy

Italian Athletics Championships winners

Italian men sprinters

Italian sportsperson-politicians

Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Medalists at the 1973 Summer Universiade

Medalists at the 1975 Summer Universiade

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