Vincenzo Lombardo

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| name = Vincenzo Lombardo

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| nationality = Italian

| sport = Athletics

| event = Sprint

| club = G.S. Fiamme Gialle

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1932|1|21}}

| birth_place = Santo Stefano di Camastra, Italy

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| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2007|12|2|1932|1|21}}

| death_place = Milan, Italy

| height = {{height|m=1.80}}

| weight = {{convert|78|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| pb = * 100: 10.7 (1955)

200: 21.1 (1955)
400: 47.2 (1960)

| country = {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy

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Vincenzo Lombardo (21 January 1932, in Santo Stefano di Camastra – 2 December 2007, in Milan) was an Italian sprinter.

Biography

Vincenzo Lombardo won three medals at the International athletics competitions.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportolimpico.it/dmdocuments/MEDAGLIE_U_1908_2008.pdf|title=PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - UOMINI|publisher=sportolimpico.it|access-date=21 December 2012}} He participated at two editions of the Summer Olympics (1952 and 1956), he has 14 caps in national team from 1955 to 1960.{{cite book|title=Annuario dell'Atletica 2009|year=2009|publisher=FIDAL}}

After a successful career in athletics, he became a General of "Guardia de Finanza" and was active against criminals. He eventually went back to sports, starting as a sports manager and then rising up as a Chairman of FIDAL Regional Committee in Lombardi.http://www.european-athletics.org/youth-athletics-programme-news/496-general/5881-death-of-italian-vincenzo-lombardo-.html {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}

One of his two daughters, Patrizia and Rossana, was also in sports, representing Italy in 100m and 400m hurdles.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lo/vincenzo-lombardo-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418012952/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lo/vincenzo-lombardo-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|title=Vincenzo Lombardo|quote=Father of Patrizia Lombardo; Father of Rossana Lombardo.|publisher=sports-reference.com|access-date=1 September 2017}}

Olympic results

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Performance	Notes
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rowspan=1\|1952 \| rowspan=1 align=left\|Olympic Games \| rowspan=1 align=left\|{{flagicon\|FIN}} Helsinki \| {{tooltip\|Heat\|Eliminated in heat}} \| 400 metres \| 49.3 \|
rowspan=2\|1956 \| rowspan=2 align=left\|Olympic Games \| rowspan=2 align=left\|{{flagicon\|AUS}} Melbourne \| {{tooltip\|QF\|Eliminated in quarter-finals}} \| 200 metres \| 21.4 \|
4th \| 4×100 metres relay \| 40.3 \|

National titles

Vincenzo Lombardo has won 3 time 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|access-date=21 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224064654/http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI_UOMINI.pdf|archive-date=24 December 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}