Donata Govoni

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Donata Govoni

Donata Govoni in 1972
Personal information
Nationality Italian
Born (1944-03-04) March 4, 1944
Pieve di Cento, Italy
Residence Ponte di Legno, Italy
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
Country Italy Italy
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Sprint
800 metres
Club Fontana Bologna
Unipol Bologna
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 400 m: 53.2 (1970)
  • 800 m: 2:03.9 (1971)

Donata Govoni (Pieve di Cento, 4 March 1944) is a former Italian sprinter and middle distance runner.

Biography

She began her career as a pure sprinter, then move progressively to 400 metres and 800 metres, also with good results. Donata Govoni participated in two editions of the Summer Olympics (1968 and 1972), she has 49 caps in national team from 1961 to 1972.[1] She was in Italy national relay team and in the same club (Fontana C.B.), with her compration Luciana Castellari from Cesena.

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Performance Note
1968 Olympic Games Mexico Mexico City Heat 400 metres 54.7
1970 European Cup[2] Romania Bucharest 3rd 400 metres 53.2 [3]
1972 Olympic Games West Germany Munchen QF 400 metres 53.78

National championships

Donata Govoni has won 25 times the individual national championship from 1961 to 1975.[4] In Italy only two women did better: Agnese Maffeis (38) and Marisa Masullo (30).[1]

Event Wins 616263646566676869707172737475
100 metres 7
200 metres 5
400 metres 7
800 metres 2
400 metres indoor 2
800 metres indoor 2

See also

  • Italian Athletics Championships - Women multi winners

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009. 
  2. Semifinal
  3. "EUROPEAN CUP SEMI-FINALS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 31 October 2012. 
  4. ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANE SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1923 2012". sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 31 October 2012. 

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