Gianni Caldana

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| nationality = Italian

| sport = Athletics

| event = Sprint
Long jump

| club = Giglio Rosso Firenze

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| birth_place = Vicenza, Italy

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110 m hs: 14.7 (1940)
Long jump: 7.50 m (1936)

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Gianni Caldana (19 November 1912 – 6 September 1995) was an Italian athlete who competed mainly in the 110 metres hurdles.

Biography

Caldana competed for an Italy at the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his team mates Orazio Mariani, Elio Ragni and Tullio Gonnelli.

Olympic results

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Performance	Notes
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rowspan=3\|1936 \| rowspan=3 align=left\|Olympic Games \| rowspan=3 align=left\|{{flagicon\|GER\|Nazi}} Berlin \| bgcolor=silver\|2nd \| 4 × 100 m relay \| 41.1 \|
12th \| Long jump \| 7.26 m \| Wind assisted
{{tooltip\|Heat\|Eliminated in heat}} \| 110 metres hurdles \| 15.1 \|

National titles

Gianni Caldana has won 5 times the individual national championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI_UOMINI.pdf |title="CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012 |publisher=sportolimpico.it |accessdate=30 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224064654/http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI_UOMINI.pdf |archivedate=24 December 2012 }}