Abdon Pamich (born 3 October 1933) is a former Italian race walker. He competed in the race walking event at the 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, and 1972 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1960 and a gold in 1964.[1] Pamich was the Olympics flag bearer for Italy in 1972.
Italian race walker
Abdon Pamich
Personal information
Nationality
Italian
Born
(1933-10-03) 3 October 1933 (age89) Fiume, Italy (now Rijeka, Croatia)
Height
1.84m (6ft 0in)
Weight
72kg (159lb)
Sport
Country
Italy
Sport
Athletics
Event(s)
Race walking
Club
Associazione Amatori Atletica Esso Club Genova Esso Roma
Abdon Pamich posing among some of his trophies. Genoa, May 1964.
Pamich was born in Fiume (Rijeka, present-day Croatia) on 3 October 1933, at that time the city was under Italian jurisdiction.[2] He left Rijeka for Italy, with his older brother, on 24 September 1947 and joined his father who had emigrated earlier.[3]
On 16 October 1960 he set a world record over 50km at 4:03:02 in Ponte San Pietro. Later he was inducted into the FIDAL Hall of Fame.[4]
13 in the 10 km walk (1956 and 12 times consecutively from 1958 to 1969)
13 in the 20 km walk (12 times consecutively from 1958 to 1969 and 1971)
14 in the 50 km walk (consecutively from 1955 to 1969)
See also
Legends of Italian sport - Walk of Fame
List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games
Italian Athletics Championships – Multi winners
References
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; etal. "Abdon Pamich". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
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