Francesco Panetta
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| Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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10 January 1963 Siderno, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Long distance running Steeplechase | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Pro Patria Milano | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Francesco Panetta (born 10 January 1963 in Siderno) is a former Italian long-distance runner, who won several medals at international championships in the 1980s.
Biography
His greatest achievement was the victory at the World Championships' final over 3000m steeplechase in Rome 1987. The previous year he had won a silver medal at the European Championships in Stuttgart only narrowly losing to the East German runner Hagen Melzer. In the 1988 Olympic Final Panetta came ninth. In 1990 he won a European Championship gold medal in Split.
Panetta set several Italian records throughout his career (including 3000m and 10000m). In 1987 he ran the 3000m steeplechase in 8:08.57 min.
See also
- Italian all-time top lists - 3000 metres steeplechase
- Italian all-time top lists - 5000 metres
- Italian all-time top lists - 10000 metres
- FIDAL Hall of Fame
External links
- Francesco Panetta profile at IAAF
- Francesco Panetta at Sports Reference
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Preceded by.svg.png){kind=small} William Van Dijck |
Men's Steeple Best Year Performance 1987 |
Succeeded by Julius Kariuki |
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