Armando Valente Explained

Armando Valente
Nationality:	Italian
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Race walk
Club:	G. S. Nafta, Genova
Birth Date:	12 January 1903
Birth Place:	Sampierdarena, Italy
Death Place:	Genoa, Italy
Weight:	68kg (150lb)
Pb:	10 km walk. 45:57.0 (1926)
Country:	Italy

Armando Valente (January 12, 1903  - December 7, 1997) was an Italian track and field athlete.^[1]

Biography

Valente was born in Sampierdarena and died in Genoa. He competed in racewalking at the 1924 Summer Olympics. In 1924 he finished seventh in the 10 km competition at the Paris Games.

National championships

He has won 5 times the individual national championship.^[2]

• 5 wins in the 10000 m walk (1922, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929)

See also

• Italy at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Armando Valente . Olympedia . 29 September 2021.
2. Web site: "CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012 . sportolimpico.it . 9 February 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121224064654/http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI_UOMINI.pdf . 24 December 2012 .