Paolo Grecucci
{{short description|Italian former racewalking athlete (born 1952)}}
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{{MedalCompetition|IAAF World Race Walking Cup}}
{{MedalGold|1981 Valencia|Combined Team}}
{{MedalSilver|1983 Bergen|Combined Team}}
{{MedalBronze|1977 Milton Keynes|50 km walk}}
{{MedalBronze|1977 Milton Keynes|Combined Team}}
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Paolo Grecucci (born 2 February 1952) is an Italian former racewalking athlete.[http://www.all-athletics.com/node/398252 Paolo Grecucci]. All-Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-04-17. He was a five-time participant at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup and was a bronze medallist in the 50 kilometres race walk at the event in 1977.[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/walk.htm IAAF World Race Walking Cup]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-04-17.[https://iaafmedia.s3.amazonaws.com/competitioninfo/4351adb2-3476-4e4b-8b1c-f8ca4668ac4a.pdf IAAF World Race Walking Cup Taicang 2014 Facts & Figures]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-04-16.
Biography
Grecucci twice competed for Italy at the European Athletics Championships (1978 and 1982) with his best placing being 15th.[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]. European Athletics Association, pp. 377-384. Retrieved on 2016-04-17. Following the event being dropped form the Olympic programme the 1976 World Championships in Athletics was held for 50 km walk and Grecucci was Italy's best performer in seventh place.[http://iaaf-ebooks.s3.amazonaws.com/Moscow-2013-Statistics/sources/projet/IAAF-Moscow.pdf IAAF Statistics Book Moscow 2013] (pg. 179). IAAF/AFTS (2013). Edited by Mark Butler. Retrieved on 2013-09-09.
At national level, he was twice the 50 km walk winner at the Italian Athletics Championships.
International competitions
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1975
|Le Grand-Quevilly, France |13th |50 km walk |4:23:55 |
1976
|Malmö, Sweden |7th |50 km walk |4:04:59 |
1977
|Milton Keynes, United Kingdom |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |50 km walk |4:06:27 |
1978
|Prague, Czechoslovakia |15th |4:05:46.8 |
1979
|Eschborn, West Germany |9th |50 km walk |3:50:51 |
1981
|19th |50 km walk |4:18:56 |
1982
|Athens, Greece | — |{{AthAbbr|DNF}} |
1983
|Bergen, Norway |7th |50 km walk |3:57:14 |
National titles
References
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External links
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{{Italian Athletics Champions in men's 50 km walk}}
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Category:Italian male race walkers