Alfonso Orlando Explained

National Team:	Italy 1 cap (1912)^[1]
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Long-distance running
Club:	Atalanta Bergamo
Birth Date:	17 May 1892
Birth Place:	Nocera Inferiore, Italy
Death Place:	Bergamo, Italy
Height:	1.63 m
Weight:	62 kg
Pb:	3000 m: 9:24.4 (1912) 5000 m: 15:46.8 (1912) 10000 m: 32:57.2 (1912)

Alfonso Orlando (17 May 1892 - 29 August 1969) was an Italian long-distance runner who competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics,^[2] After completing his sports career, he interested his in the art world, so that he recited in the movie A Man Named John (1963).^[3]

National records

• 3000 metres: 9:24.4 (Milan, 20 June 1912) - record holder until 8 July 1913.^[1]
• 5000 metres: 9:24.4 (Milan, 20 June 1912) - record holder until 8 July 1913.^[1]
• 10,000 metres: 32:57.2 (Milan, 12 May 1912) - record holder until 26 September 1914.^[1]

National titles

Orlando won two national championships at individual senior level.^[4]

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • 5000 metres: 1911, 1912 (2)

See also

• Italy at the 1912 Summer Olympics

External links

• • Alfonso Orlando: passi corti, cuore grande

Notes and References

1. Web site: Annuario FIDAL dell'atletica 2010. asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com. it. 19 April 2021. 28 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210828003321/http://asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com/files/annuario-fidal.pdf. dead.
2. Web site: Italy Athletics at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417094028/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ITA/summer/1912/ATH/. dead. 17 April 2020. sports-reference.com. 4 September 2017.
3. Web site: Alfonso Orlando . Olympedia . 19 April 2021.
4. Web site: TUTTI I CAMPIONI ITALIANI 1906-2014. sportolimpico.it. 19 April 2021.