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Pietro Mennea
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Italian sprinter and politician (1952–2013)
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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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
- Political party
- Democracy Is Freedom – The Daisy
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Native language
- Italian
- 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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- Commons category
- Pietro Mennea
- date of birth
- 1952-06-28
- date of death
- 2013-03-21
- cause of death
- pancreatic cancer
- place of burial
- Cimitero Flaminio
- birth name
- Pietro Paolo Mennea
- manner of death
- natural causes
- sports discipline competed in
- sprinting
- end of work period
- 1988-00-00
- name in native language
- Pietro Paolo Mennea
- start of work period
- 1968-00-00
- nickname
- La Freccia del Sud
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- Pietro Mennea
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Encyclopedic overview
Olympic Games
1980 Moscow200 m
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