Donata Govoni

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
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)
Medal record Mediterranean Games Silver 1967 Tunis 100 metres Silver 1971 Izmir 400 metres Silver 1971 Izmir 800 metres

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 City	Heat	400 metres	54.7
1970	European Cup[2]	Bucharest	3rd	400 metres	53.2	[3]
1972	Olympic Games	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]

See also

• Italian Athletics Championships - Women multi winners

References

External links

• Donata Govoni at Sports Reference
• Media related to Donata Govoni at Wikimedia Commons