Luigi Conti (athlete)
{{Short description|Italian long-distance runner (1937–2025)}}
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|birth_date= {{birth-date|11 September 1937}}
|birth_place=Rancio, Como, Italy
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|height = 170 cm
|weight = 60 kg
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Luigi Conti (11 September 1937 – 5 March 2025) was an Italian long-distance runner.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418012008/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/co/luigi-conti-1.html Luigi Conti]. sports-reference.com
Biography
He finished 12th in the 5000 metres event of the 1960 Summer Olympics. He was born in Rancio in the Province of Como and ran for the Centro Sportivo Esercito military sports club. He also represented his nation at the 1966 European Athletics Championships, where he ran in the marathon, but failed to finish.[http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/31/44/StatisticsHandbookZ%C3%BCrich2014_Neutral.pdf European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK], pp. 397-405. European Athletics Association. Retrieved on 2015-07-20.
He was a five-time national champion at the Italian Athletics Championships, winning the 5000 m in 1959, 1960 and 1963, as well as the 10,000 metres in 1960 and 1963. He also won the Italian cross country running title in 1962 and 1965.[http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/ita.htm Italian Championships]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-07-20. He held a personal best of 14:01.55 minutes for the 5000 m.
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{{Italian Athletics Champions in men's 5000 m}}
{{Italian Athletics Champions in men's 10000 m}}
{{Italian Athletics Champions in men's cross country}}
{{Footer Italy athletics team at the 1960 Summer Olympics}}
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Category:Sportspeople from the Province of Como
Category:Athletes from Lombardy
Category:Italian male cross country runners
Category:Italian male long-distance runners
Category:Italian male marathon runners
Category:Olympic athletes for Italy
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics