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Pietro Mennea

1952 - 2013

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Pietro Paolo Mennea (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpjɛːtro menˈnɛːa]; 28 June 1952 – 21 March 2013), nicknamed la Freccia del Sud ("the Arrow of the South"), was an Italian sprinter and politician. He was most successful in the 200 m event, winning a gold medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, and setting a world record at 19.72 seconds in September 1979. This record stood for almost 17 years – the longest duration in the event history – and is still the European record. He is the only male sprinter who has qualified at four consecutive 200 metres Olympic finals: from 1972 to 1984. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pietro Mennea is the 198th most popular athlete (down from 76th in 2019), the 2,579th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,993rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Italian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Pietro Mennea ranks 198 out of 6,025. Before him are Earle Meadows, Emmanuel Foulon, Adhemar da Silva, Dragutin Šurbek, Miklós Németh, and Stefka Kostadinova. After him are Christian d'Oriola, Gabriela Andersen-Schiess, Pat McDonald, John Powell, Alexandre Tuffère, and Naim Süleymanoğlu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Pietro Mennea ranks 192. Before him are Johann Schneider-Ammann, Bill Kristol, David Knopfler, Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, Annette O'Toole, and Ralf Edström. After him are Robert C. Martin, Javier Urruticoechea, Stewart Copeland, Essam Sharaf, Jeff Fahey, and Marilyn Chambers. Among people deceased in 2013, Pietro Mennea ranks 164. Before him are William P. Clark Jr., Carlo Lizzani, Jean Vincent, Anatoly Onoprienko, Harry F. Byrd Jr., and Shakuntala Devi. After him are Yury Yakovlev, S. N. Goenka, Manolo Escobar, Lothar Bisky, Julien Ries, and Georges Lautner.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pietro Mennea ranks 2,579 out of 5,161. Before him are Pietro Vierchowod (1959), Marcia (33), Giovanni Sgambati (1841), Bonaventura Berlinghieri (1210), Marco Barbarigo (1413), and Ada Negri (1870). After him are Domenico Gabrielli (1659), Pietro Ziani (1153), Silvio Gazzaniga (1921), Adalbert I of Ivrea (880), Benedetto Luti (1666), and Virgilio Noè (1922).

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Among ATHLETES In Italy

Among athletes born in Italy, Pietro Mennea ranks 4. Before him are Giuseppe Moioli (1927), Carlo Airoldi (1869), and Dorando Pietri (1885). After him are 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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