Tullio Gonnelli (21 November 1912 – 12 January 2005)[1] was an Italian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He was born in Pieve di Cento, Bologna, Italy.
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National team | Italy | ||||
Born | (1912-11-21)21 November 1912 Pieve di Cento, Italy | ||||
Died | 12 January 2005(2005-01-12) (aged 92) Hampden, United States | ||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||
Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||
Event(s) | Sprint | ||||
Club | Virtus Bologna | ||||
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He competed for Italy in 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, Gianni Caldana and Elio Ragni. He participated in 1934 European Athletics Championships – Men's 200 metres and 1938 European Athletics Championships – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay.[2] Gonnelli was looking forward to competing in the 1940 Summer Olympics in Tokyo but the advent of World War II meant the cancellation of the Games and he served 3 years in the army instead.[3] He died in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, United States.
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1936 | Olympic Games | ![]() |
2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 41.1 |
Tullio Gonnelli has won 5 times the individual national championship.[4]
Italian Athletics Champions in men's 100 m | |
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Italian Athletics Champions in men's 200 m | |
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1936 Italy Olympic Athletics Team | ||
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Men's field athletes |
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Women's field athletes |
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