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Carlo Airoldi

1869 - 1929

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Carlo Airoldi (21 September 1869 in Origgio – 18 June 1929 in Milan) was an Italian marathon runner, famous for walking to the 1896 Olympics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carlo Airoldi is the 166th most popular athlete (up from 511th in 2019), the 2,514th most popular biography from Italy (up from 3,502nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Italian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Carlo Airoldi ranks 166 out of 6,025. Before him are Giuseppe Moioli, Saïd Aouita, Ecaterina Oancia, Gaston Reiff, Naoto Tajima, and Irving Baxter. After him are Karin Balzer, Duje Bonačić, Annelie Ehrhardt, Dorando Pietri, William Petersson, and Bobby Pearce.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Carlo Airoldi ranks 82. Before him are Slobodan Jovanović, Philip de László, Ben Turpin, Rihard Jakopič, Ludwig von Reuter, and Léon Brunschvicg. After him are Konstantin Somov, Tony Garnier, Jalil Mammadguluzadeh, Nicolae Paulescu, Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov, and Henry Carton de Wiart. Among people deceased in 1929, Carlo Airoldi ranks 65. Before him are Hans Delbrück, Basil III of Constantinople, Elfrida Andrée, Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, Rattanbai Jinnah, and Gotō Shinpei. After him are Clemens von Pirquet, Mahidol Adulyadej, António José de Almeida, Léon Delacroix, Millicent Fawcett, and Vasil Radoslavov.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Carlo Airoldi ranks 2,514 out of 5,161. Before him are Pierina Legnani (1863), Girolamo Priuli (1486), Dagobert of Pisa (1100), Giancarlo Antognoni (1954), Crescenzio Sepe (1943), and Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus (-400). After him are Jannik Sinner (2001), Luigi Cremona (1830), Gaétan Vestris (1729), Carlo Lizzani (1922), Maria Gonzaga, Duchess of Montferrat (1609), and Quintus Caecilius Metellus (-300).

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Among ATHLETES In Italy

Among athletes born in Italy, Carlo Airoldi ranks 2. Before him are Giuseppe Moioli (1927). After him are Dorando Pietri (1885), Pietro Mennea (1952), Luigi Beccali (1907), Adolfo Consolini (1917), Ernesto Ambrosini (1894), Giulio Gaudini (1904), Carlo Agostoni (1909), Carlo Pavesi (1923), Ugo Frigerio (1901), and Eugenio Monti (1928).

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