Paolo Catalano
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| National team | Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 February 1964 Tripoli, Libya | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||
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Paolo Catalano (born 27 February 1964 in Tripoli) is a retired Italian sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres, that won two medals with the national relay team at the International athletics competitions.[1]
Biography
[edit]He finished seventh in 4 × 100 m relay at the 1987 World Championships, with teammates Ezio Madonia, Domenico Gorla and Pierfrancesco Pavoni. He also competed at the World Indoor Championships in 1989 and 1991 without reaching the final.
His personal best 200 metres time was 20.99 seconds, achieved in February 1989 in Turin.[2] His personal best 100 metres time was 10.61 seconds, achieved in August 1990 in Sestriere.[3]
Achievements
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Performance | Notes |
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| 1987 | World Championships |  Rome
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7th | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.62 | [4] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - UOMINI" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
- ^ Italian all-time list, men's 200 metres (last updated for year 2000)
- ^ Italian all-time list, men's 100 metres (last updated for year 2000)
- ^ national relay team ran in a betrter time (39.52) in semi-finals.
External links
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Categories:
- 1964 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Tripoli, Libya
- Italian male sprinters
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Mediterranean Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
- Libyan people of Italian descent
- Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
- 20th-century Italian sportsmen