Luciano Caravani

Luciano Caravani
Personal information
Nationality Italian
Born (1953-04-14) April 14, 1953
Vicenza, Italy
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 12 in)
Weight 71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
Country Italy Italy
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Sprint
Club G.S. Fiamme Oro
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 100 m: 10.23 (1979)

Luciano Caravani (born 14 April 1953 in Vicenza, Veneto) is a retired Italian sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres.

He won six medals at the International athletics competitions, of these five with the national relay team.[1]

Biography

His personal best 100 metres time is 10.23 seconds, achieved in August 1984 in Zurich.[2] His personal best 200 metres time is 20.59 seconds, achieved in July 1979 in Algiers.[3] He has 34 caps in national team from 1975 to 1983.[4]

Achievements

Year Tournament Venue Result Event
1976 Olympic Games Montreal, Canada 6th 4 × 100 m relay
1979 Mediterranean Games Split, Yugoslavia 1st 200 m[5]
1982 European Championships Athens, Greece 4th 4 × 100 m relay

National championships

In the "Pietro Mennea era", Luciano Caravani has won two times the individual national championship.[6][7]

See also

References

  1. "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - UOMINI" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  2. Italian all-time list, men's 100 metres (last updated for year 2000)
  3. Italian all-time list, men's 200 metres (last updated for year 2000)
  4. Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
  5. Mediterranean Games - GBR Athletics
  6. ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  7. "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
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