Luigi Gnocchi

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Luigi Gnocchi

Personal information

Nationality

Italian

Born

January 14, 1933
Gallarate, Italy

Sport

Country

Sport

Event(s)

Club

Gallaratese

Achievements and titles

Personal best(s)

100 m: 10.4 (1956)

Medal record

Mediterranean Games
Gold	1955 Barcelona	100 metres
Gold	1955 Barcelona	200 metres
Gold	1955 Barcelona	4x100 metres relay

Luigi Gnocchi (Gallarate, 14 January 1933) was an Italian sprinter, that won three gold medals in one single edition of Mediterranean Games.^[1]

He was finalist with the national relay team on 4x100 metres relay at the 1956 Summer Olympics (4th place).

Biography

Luigi Gnocchi participated at one edition of the Summer Olympics (1956), he has 11 caps in national team from 1953 to 1956.^[2]

National records

100 metres: 10.4 ( Rome, 29 September 1956)

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Performance	Note
1954	European Championships	Bern	4th	4x100 m relay	41.9
1956	Olympic Games	Melbourne	QF	100 metres	10.8	^[3]
1956	Olympic Games	Melbourne	4th	4 × 100 metres relay	40.3

National championships

Luigi Gnocchi has won five times the individual national championship.^[4]

3 wins on 100 metres (1954, 1955, 1956)
2 wins on 200 metres (1955, 1956)

See also

100 metres winners of Italian Athletics Championships
200 metres winners of Italian Athletics Championships
Italy national relay team

References

↑ "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - UOMINI". sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
↑ Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
↑ He ran in a better crono (10.7) in the first round.
↑ ""CAMPIONATI “ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012". sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 28 November 2012.

External links

Luigi Gnocchi at Sports-Reference.com

Mediterranean Champions in Men's 100 m

1949: Antonio Siddi (ITA)
1951: Stefanos Petrakis (GRE)
1955: Luigi Gnocchi (ITA)
1959: Abdoulaye Seye (FRA)
1963: Claude Piquemal (FRA)
1967: Charis Aivaliotis (GRE)
1971: Vasilis Papageorgopoulos (GRE)
1975: Pietro Mennea (ITA)
1979: Pietro Mennea (ITA)
1983: Pierfrancesco Pavoni (ITA)
1987: Stefano Tilli (ITA)
1991: Ezio Madonia (ITA)
1993: Alexandros Terzian (GRE)
1997: Angelos Pavlakakis (GRE)
2001: Aristotelis Gavelas (GRE)
2005: Matic Osovnikar (SLO)
2009: Martial Mbandjock (FRA)
2013: Emmanuel Biron (FRA)

Mediterranean Champions in Men's 200 m

1949: Antonio Siddi (ITA)
1951: Antonio Siddi (ITA)
1955: Luigi Gnocchi (ITA)
1959: Paul Genevay (FRA)
1963: Livio Berruti (ITA)
1967: Ito Giani (ITA)
1971: Pietro Mennea (ITA)
1975: Pietro Mennea (ITA)
1979: Luciano Caravani (ITA)
1983: Pietro Mennea (ITA)
1987: Stefano Tilli (ITA)
1991: Stefano Tilli (ITA)
1993: Daniel Sangouma (FRA)
1997: Giovanni Puggioni (ITA)
2001: Anninos Marcoullides (CYP)
2005: Matic Osovnikar (SLO)
2009: Amr Ibrahim Mostafa Seoud (EGY)
2013: Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas (GRE)

Mediterranean Champions in Men's 4x100 m

1949: Turkey (unknown)
1951: Italy (Montanari, Leccese, Siddi, Frizzoni)
1955: Italy (D'Asnasch, Ghiselli, Gnocchi, Montanari)
1959: France (David, Brakchi, Cahen, Genevay)
1963: Italy (Berruti, Giannattasio, Ottolina, Sardi)
1967: Italy (Giani, Preatoni, Giannattasio, Laverda)
1971: Italy (Preatoni, Abeti, Guerini, Mennea)
1975: France (Chauvelot, Échevin, Arame, Sainte-Rose)
1979: Italy (Lazzer, Caravani, Grazioli, Mennea)
1983: Italy (Tilli, Simionato, Pavoni, Mennea)
1987: Italy (Madonia, Tilli, Catalano, Floris)
1991: Italy (Longo, Simionato, Floris, Madonia)
1993: France (Morinière, Sangouma, Trouabal, Marie-Rose)
1997: Italy (Asuni, Puggioni, Cipolloni, Floris)
2001: Italy (Scuderi, Torrieri, Checcucci, Colombo)
2005: Italy (Verdecchia, Attene, Donati, Torrieri)
2009: Italy (Checcucci, Collio, Di Gregorio, Cerutti)
2013: Italy (Collio, Manenti, Riparelli, Tumi)

Italian Athletics Champions in men's 100 m

Italian Athletics Champions in men's 200 m

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