Michele Didoni
Michele Didoni (born 7 March 1974 in Milan) is an Italian retired race walker, world champion of the 20 km race walk at Gothenburg 1995.
 Miche Didoni (right) with his teammate Giovanni De Benedictis in 1995 | ||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||||
| Born | March 7, 1974 Milan | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | |||||||||||||
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| Country |  Italy | |||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Race walking | |||||||||||||
| Club | C.S. Carabinieri | |||||||||||||
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Biography
He won six times the national championships at senior level.[1] and after his retire, he was the coach of Italian Olympic champion Alex Schwazer.[2]
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 1992 | World Junior Championships | Seoul, South Korea | 6th | 10,000 m | 41:42.75 |
| 1994 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 10th | 20 km | 1:23:21 |
| 1995 | World Race Walking Cup | Beijing, PR China | 5th | 20 km | 1:20:50 |
| World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 1st | 20 km | 1:19:59 | |
| 1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 34th | 20 km | 1:26:02 |
| 1997 | World Championships | Athens, Greece | 7th | 20 km | 1:23:14 |
| Mediterranean Games | Bari, Italy | 2nd | 20 km | 1:25:21 | |
| 1998 | European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 11th | 20 km | 1:25.54 |
| 1999 | World Championships | Seville, Spain | 10th | 20 km | 1:26:00 |
| 2000 | European Race Walking Cup | Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany | 14th | 20 km | 1:21:51 |
| Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 11th | 20 km | 1:21:43 | |
| 2002 | European Championships | Munich, Germany | — | 20 km | DSQ |
| 2003 | World Championships | Paris, France | 16th | 20 km | 1:21:23 |
| 2005 | Mediterranean Games | Almería, Spain | 3rd | 20 km | 1:26:06 |
National titles
- Italian Athletics Championships
- 10 km walk: road: 1994, 1996, 1998, 2001
- 20 km walk: road: 1995
- 50 km walk: road: 1998
References
- "CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" – UOMINI TUTTI I CAMPIONI – 1906-2016" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
- "Walk champion Schwazer excluded for doping". uk.reuters.com. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
"I trusted him, he took me for a ride. Just to think, a few months ago I put my daughter Micol in his arms for her baptism," Schwazer's coach Michele Didoni, himself a former race walking world champion, told Italian news agency AGI.
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