sport.wikisort.org - AthleteUgo Frigerio (16 September 1901 – 7 July 1968) was an Italian race walker. He competed in four events at the 1920, 1924 and 1932 Olympics ranging from 3 to 50 km and won three gold and one bronze medals.[1] He was the Olympic flag bearer for Italy in 1924 and 1932.[2]
Italian race walker
Ugo Frigerio
 Frigerio winning the 10 km walk at the 1920 Olympics |
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Nationality | Italian |
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Born | (1901-09-16)16 September 1901 Milan, Italy |
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Died | 7 July 1968(1968-07-07) (aged 66) Garda, Italy |
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Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) |
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Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) |
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Country | Italy |
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Sport | Athletics |
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Event(s) | Race walk |
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Club | US Milanese |
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Personal best(s) |
- 10 km walk – 44:38.0 (1925)
- 50 km walk – 4:59:06 (1932)
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Biography
Nationally Frigerio won nine race walking titles: in the 3 km (1921, 1922), 10 km (1919–1922, 1924, 1931), and one-hour walk (1920).[3]
Before the 3 km Olympic race in 1920 in Antwerp Frigerio gave pages of sheet music that he wanted to hear to the band playing at the competition venue. During the race he would scold the conductor when the band was deviating from its tempo, and chat to the public, which eventually began to cheer him.[4][5]
Frigerio semi-retired after learning that race walking was excluded from the 1928 Summer Olympics. He resumed training in 1931 to prepare for the 1932 Games, where the only walking event was 50 km, five times longer than his favorite 10 km distance. He won a bronze medal and retired for good, becoming a sports administrator. In 1934, he wrote an autobiography titled Marciando nel nome dell’Italia (Walking in the Name of Italy).[5]
Olympic achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Performance | Note |
1920 |
Olympic Games |
Antwerp |
1st |
3 km walk |
13:14,2 |
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1st |
10 km walk |
48:06.2 |
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1924 |
Olympic Games |
Paris |
1st |
10 km walk |
47:49.0 |
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1932 |
Olympic Games |
Los Angeles |
3rd |
50 km walk |
4:59:06 |
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See also
- Legends of Italian sport - Walk of Fame
- List of multiple Olympic gold medalists
- FIDAL Hall of Fame
References
External links
Related |
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Summer Olympics |
Preceded by |
Flag bearer for Italy 1924 Paris |
Succeeded by |
Preceded by |
Flag bearer for Italy 1932 Los Angeles |
Succeeded by |
 Olympic champions in walking of distances under 20 km |
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3000 m | |
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3500 m | |
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10 km | |
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10 miles | |
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Italian Athletics Champions in men's 10000 m walk/10 km walk |
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| From 2012 the championships is 10 km walk on road (except in 2017) |
1920 Italy Olympic Athletics Team |
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Men's track & road athletes |
- Ernesto Ambrosini
- Valerio Arri
- Giuseppe Bernardoni
- Ettore Blasi
- Giuseppe Bonini
- Daciano Colbachini
- Giorgio Croci
- Ugo Frigerio
- Costante Lussana
- Augusto Maccario
- Carlo Martinenghi
- Giovanni Orlandi
- Donato Pavesi
- Antonio Persico
- Arturo Porro
- Mario Riccoboni
- Agide Simonazzi
- Carlo Speroni
- Giovanni Tosi
- Vittorio Zucca
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Men's field athletes |
- Oprando Bottura
- Carlo Butti
- Aurelio Lenzi
- Giuseppe Tugnoli
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1924 Italy Olympic Athletics Team |
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Men's track & road athletes |
- Ernesto Alciati
- Ernesto Ambrosini
- Romeo Bertini
- Tullio Biscuola
- Ettore Blasi
- Ernesto Bonacina
- Giuseppe Bonini
- Luigi Bosatra
- Ferruccio Bruni
- Alberto Cavallero
- Guido Cominotto
- Angelo Davoli
- Luigi Facelli
- Disma Ferrario
- Giovanni Frangipane
- Ugo Frigerio
- Giovanni Garaventa
- Alfredo Gargiullo
- Ennio Maffiolini
- Angelo Malvicini
- Carlo Martinenghi
- Antenore Negri
- Pietro Pastorino
- Donato Pavesi
- Puccio Pucci
- Carlo Speroni
- Enrico Torre
- Armando Valente
- Vittorio Zucca
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Men's field athletes |
- Carlo Clemente
- Adolfo Contoli
- Giuseppe Palmieri
- Albino Pighi
- Armando Poggioli
- Virgilio Tommasi
- Camillo Zemi
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1932 Italy Olympic Athletics Team |
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Men's track & road athletes | | |
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Men's field athletes |
- Armando Poggioli
- Francesco Tabai
- Angelo Tommasi
- Fernando Vandelli
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Walk of Fame of Italian sport |
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First 100 names | |
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2015 inductees | |
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2019 inductees | |
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2021 inductees | |
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Authority control  |
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General | |
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National libraries | |
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На других языках
- [en] Ugo Frigerio
[es] Ugo Frigerio
Ugo Frigerio (Milán, 16 de septiembre de 1901 - Garda, 7 de julio de 1968) fue un atleta italiano especializado en la marcha atlética.
[fr] Ugo Frigerio
Ugo Frigerio, né le 16 septembre 1901 à Milan et mort le 7 juillet 1968 à Garda, était un athlète italien, qui s'illustra lors des Jeux olympiques dans les années 1920 et 1930.
[it] Ugo Frigerio
Ugo Frigerio (Milano, 16 settembre 1901 – Garda, 7 luglio 1968) è stato un marciatore italiano.
[ru] Фриджерио, Уго
У́го Фридже́рио (итал. Ugo Frigerio; 16 сентября 1901, Милан — 7 июля 1968, Гарда) — итальянский легкоатлет (спортивная ходьба), трёхкратный олимпийский чемпион. Дважды знаменосец олимпийской сборной Италии на церемониях открытия игр в 1924 году в Париже и в 1932 году в Лос-Анджелесе. Традиционно пересекая финишную черту, выкрикивал (итал. «Viva l'Italia!» («Да здравствует Италия!»).
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