Bruno Pauletto Explained

Nationality:
  • Italian (till 1979)
  • Canada (since 1979)
Sport:Athletics
Event:Shot put
Birth Date:21 June 1954
Birth Place:Portogruaro, Italy[1]
Retired:1983
Pb:
  • Shot put: 20.61 (1983)

Bruno Pauletto (born 21 January 1954) is a physiologist, an author, a business manager, a former coach, and a former Canadian track and field athlete. He graduated from CMU and UT, and he published several books and articles on exercise physiology.

During his athletic career, he specialized in the shot put events, active 1974 to 1983. An Italian-born athlete, he represented Canada internationally. He set the national Italian record and later became Canadian national record holder in the outdoor shot put. The former title remained unbeaten for six years and the latter for eighteen years. To date he still holds the provincial record of Quebec. A three-time Canadian national champion, he had a lifetime best of .

Career highlights

Bruno Pauletto, MS, CSCS, FNSCA, grew up in Portogruaro, Italy, and Sept-Îles, Quebec, and he graduated as exercise physiologist from the University of Tennessee. Bruno Pauletto represented Canada at two consecutive Commonwealth Games: he won the gold medal in the men's shot put event at the XII Commonwealth Games in Brisbane in 1982, after striking silver in 1978. A year later he participated in the 1979 Pan American Games and placed third. He also took part in the first IAAF World Cup in Düsseldorf in 1977 and the first IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki in 1983 as a member of the Canadian team and was selected twice for the Olympic Games. He also competed in discus throw.

Having already practiced as coach for strength training and conditioning since 1981, Pauletto devoted his life to coaching as from the 1984 season. He created his own company in 1986, published several articles, videos and three textbooks on strength training, and ultimately was nominated president of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) where he also was a member of several committees.

Bruno Pauletto received two national awards for his coaching performances and was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Central Michigan Chippewas.

Collegiate and university career

Bruno Pauletto earned his Bachelor of Science in Exercise Physiology in 1978 from the Central Michigan University (CMU), where he was on a track and field scholarship. In 1980 he took his Master of Science in Exercise Physiology at the University of Tennessee (UT).

While at Central Michigan University he competed in the shot put collegiately for their team, the Central Michigan Chippewas, and:

Representing CMU he had much success in the Mid-American Conference:

In the year 1978 he furthermore:

Altogether Bruno Pauletto was a three-time All-America shot putter: indoor in 1978 and outdoor in 1977 and 1978.[13] [14]

Since 1990 Pauletto is an inductee of the Hall of Fame of the Central Michigan Chippewas.[15]

Professional athlete career

Internationally, Pauletto competed for Canada after taking Canadian citizenship. At his first major competition for his adoptive country he placed fifth with at the first IAAF World Cup, in Düsseldorf on September 2, 1977,[16] [17] and in the same year was runner-up at the 1977 Pacific Conference Games, behind American Colin Anderson.[18]

Later Pauletto set the best Italian shot put mark in 1979 with a throw during an outdoor event in Milan, Italy, on June 23.[19] [20] Pauletto, who was then competing with the club Telettra-Atletica Rieti, contributed with this throw to place his team sixth at the 1979 National Club Championship.[21] This performance remained the national Italian record until Marco Montelatici beat it in May 1985 with 20.90 m.

Pauletto's first Canadian Championship participation was in Edmundston on March 2–3, 1974.[22] In 1980 he broke the Canadian record in Sherbrooke with a throw.[23] On 22 May 1983 he established his personal best in shot put with a throw, achieved at an outdoor event in Knoxville, Tennessee and reaching a new Canadian national senior record. Between 1976 and 1983, only he and Bishop Dolegiewicz won the honour, with the pair dominating the national scene.[24] Pauletto's 1983 record was to stay for 18 years, until Brad Snyder broke it by 2 cm at the 2001 World Championships, with a heave of .[25] Thanks to that performance Bruno Pauletto ranks fourth in the list of the top 10 Canadian all-time outdoor ranking (as of 23 July 2012),[26] and he still holds (as of 2013) the outdoor provincial record of Quebec.[27]

His first medal at a major game came in 1978 at the Commonwealth Games held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. On home turf, he took the silver medal behind England's Geoff Capes with a throw of, and national rival Dolegiewicz completed the podium in third. He gave a better performance at the Pan American Games in San Juan, Puerto Rico in July 1979, clearing, but on that occasion his placing with Dolegiewicz was reversed, as Pauletto claimed the bronze while American Dave Laut won with a throw beyond twenty metres.[28] [29] Pauletto captured the gold medal at the XII Commonwealth Games in Brisbane in 1982 with a mark of ahead of the English champion Mike Winch.[30] This made him the third Canadian to win the shot put at the Commonwealth Games after Dave Steen in 1970 and women's champion Jane Haist in 1974;[31] Canada had to wait for 28 years until another shot putter, Dylan Armstrong, brought back a Commonwealth gold medal again.[32] [33]

Pauletto also took part at the First IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki in 1983 as a member of the Canadian team, where he participated in the shot put event ranking 17th in qualifying.[34]

Bruno Pauletto was selected twice for the Olympic Games, in 1980 and in 1984.[35] He could not participate to the 1980 Olympics due to the Olympic boycott of the Moscow Games, which was a part of a package of actions led by the United States to protest against the Soviet–Afghan War. By 1984 he had already started a new career as coach and exercise physiologist and eventually did not compete in any actual Olympic events.

Coaching career, author and business manager

After graduation at UT Bruno Pauletto was hired as full-time conditioning coach in 1980 and soon became the university's head strength and conditioning coach of the Athletic Department, with a staff of three graduate assistants. He also was the strength coach of the 1985 Tennessee Volunteers football team to represent UT in the NCAA Division I–A football season.[36] While he was UT's coach he also became NSCA Director for the State of Tennessee and, in 1985, he published his first articles on strength training including on Power Clean.

He left that position to manage his and his wife's own company headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee, founded in 1986 and registered under the name Power Systems.[37] The company is specialized in supplying fitness and sports performance training equipment and solutions for clients ranging from sports teams and health clubs to schools, fitness specialists and other professionals of the exercise industry.[38] [39] In 2012 Power Systems signed a cooperation agreement with Life Fitness, a division of Brunswick Corporation.[40] [41] «Power Systems is a Christian-based business and we follow those guidelines in all aspects of the company; All of our business transactions reflect a firm commitment to our core value… Integrity», Bruno Pauletto says.[42]

From June 1991 to June 1994 Bruno Pauletto was elected President of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). In view of the financial imbalance of the Association in 1991 Pauletto introduced a tighter cost control, and the efficiency gains achieved under his management allowed to consolidate a sound financial situation.[43] [44] [45] He also was a member of several NSCA committees.

During that period of time Bruno Pauletto published three books on strength training: for coaches, for football and for basketball. In 2007 he invented and patented a new type of exercise hurdle.[46]

He was also a member of the editorial board of the magazine Training & Conditioning (T&C).

Awards

Personal

Business awards

Achievements

Personal bests

International competitions

Representing
1977Düsseldorf, Germany5thShot put
18.30 m
1978Edmonton, Canada2ndShot put
19.33 m
1979San Juan, Puerto Rico3rdShot put
19.61 m
1982Brisbane, Australia1stShot put
19.55 m
1983Helsinki, Finland17thShot put
18.32 m

National titles

Toponyms

In the year 2008 a public track and field park in Sept-Îles was named Parc Bruno-Pauletto (50° 13' 16").[59]

Publications

Books

Articles

External links

Notes and References

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  3. Web site: NCAA – Indoor Track and Field – Division I Men's – History. 2011. NCAA . August 11, 2017. See "Individual Champions", page 6: Shot Put, year 1978.
  4. News: Chippewas Athletics. 2007. CMU Chippewas. See "Chippewas Pride", page 2: "two individuals won national Division I Championships in the Maroon and Gold – shot putter Bruno Pauletto in the 1978 indoor championships and ...".
  5. Web site: 2012 Track & Field Record Book . 2012. Central Michigan Chippewas. pdf . August 11, 2017. See "National Champions" on page 10.
  6. Web site: Rose attempts to win national championship . Kristopher Lodes . June 8, 2011 . Track & Field . August 11, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120804032807/http://www.cm-life.com/2011/06/08/rose-set-to-compete-for-a-national-championship/ . August 4, 2012 . dead .
  7. Web site: 2012 Track & Field Record Book . 2012. Central Michigan Chippewas. pdf . August 11, 2017. See "MAC Individual Champions" on page 11.
  8. Web site: Mid American Conference Championships - 5/14/2009 to 5/16/2009 . May 16, 2009 . MileSplit . August 11, 2017.
  9. Web site: Mid American Conference Championships - 5/14/2009 to 5/16/2009 . May 16, 2009 . MileSplit . August 11, 2017.
  10. Web site: 2012 Track & Field Record Book . 2012. Central Michigan Chippewas. pdf . August 11, 2017. See "Outstanding Performer" on page 10.
  11. Web site: Results LSSU 2010 – Event 4 . May 19, 2010 . lssu. August 11, 2017.
  12. Web site: 2012 Track & Field Record Book . 2012. Central Michigan Chippewas. pdf . August 11, 2017. See "School records" on page 13.
  13. Web site: 2012 Track & Field Record Book . 2012. Central Michigan Chippewas. pdf . August 11, 2017. See "All-Americans" on page 10.
  14. Web site: 1985 Football Guide (Sep 1, 1985) . 1985. University of Tennessee . August 11, 2017. See page 37 Biography of Bruno Pauletto.
  15. Web site: Bio of Bruno Pauletto on the site of Central Michigan Chippewas . August 11, 2017.
  16. Web site: 1st World Cup in Athletics, Dusseldorf 1977 . Athletics DB – the Athletics Results Database. August 11, 2017.
  17. Web site: I World Cup, Düsseldorf 1977. Track and Field Brinkster . August 11, 2017.
  18. Web site: Pacific Conference Games . GBR Athletics . August 11, 2017.
  19. Web site: Liste italiane all time al 19 dicembre 2011 – Italian list of all times best performances . Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera (FIDAL) . December 19, 2011 . it . pdf . August 11, 2017 . 12 August 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170812210807/https://www.yumpu.com/it/document/view/20827175/liste-italiane-all-time-fidal/20 . dead . See on page 20, Section "Peso" – 20.13.
  20. Web site: Liste italiane all time al 24 giugno 2011 – Italian list of all times best performances. Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera (FIDAL) – Italian Track and Field Federation. June 24, 2011. it. August 11, 2017.
  21. News: L'italo-canadese campione di peso . jpeg . Illustratofiat . 1979. XXVII . 7 / July–August . 26. August 11, 2017 . it . (Open the JPEG link to document)
    Transcription of the article Web site: L'italo-canadese campione di peso . BESS digital Archive: Biblioteca elettronica di scienze sociali ed economiche del Piemonte . it . txt . August 11, 2017.
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  23. News: Cdn Champ Recor: 20.33m Bruno Pauletto Sherbrooke 1980 . 2000. Championnats Canada. Athletissimo.net.
  24. Web site: Canadian Championships . GBR Athletics . August 11, 2017.
  25. News: Snyder sets Canadian shot put record . CBCSports – CBC/Radio-Canada . April 19, 2001 . August 11, 2017 . Snyder broke the previous Canadian record of 20.61 set in 1983 at Knoxville by Bruno Pauletto.
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  27. Web site: Records du Québec et meilleures performances québécoises (MPQ) en plein air – Hommes seniors. 2013. Fédération québécoise d'athlétisme – Comité des records. fr. August 11, 2017. On page 2.
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  29. Web site: Pan American Games . GBR Athletics . August 11, 2017.
  30. Web site: Histoire de l'athlétisme au Québec . Fédération Québécoise d'Athlétisme. fr . August 11, 2017.
  31. Web site: Commonwealth Games . GBR Athletics . August 11, 2017.
  32. News: Armstrong (CAN) ends Canada's 28 year medal drought . Newsletter of the cwg Delhi 2010.org (official website). October 7, 2010. August 11, 2017.
  33. News: Canadian shot-putter strikes gold at Games: Kamloops man wins first medal in event at Commonwealth Games since 1982 . Alberni Valley Times. October 8, 2010. August 11, 2017.
  34. Web site: Results Men Qualification – 1st IAAF World Championships in Athletics Helsinki. IAAF. August 11, 2017.
  35. Web site: Selections of Bruno Pauletto. 18 September 2011. Canadian Olympic Committee . August 11, 2017.
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  37. Web site: Bruno Pauletto MS, CSCS, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Power Systems, Inc. . Bloomberg Businessweek . Bloomberg Businessweek . August 11, 2017.
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  40. Web site: Brunswick Corporation : Life Fitness Teams With Power Systems To Offer Branded Fitness Accessories . August 29, 2012 . Life Fitness . August 11, 2017 . 13 August 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170813223317/https://www.lifefitness.com/pressreleases/life-fitness-teams-with-power-systems-to-offer-branded-fitness-accessories . dead .
  41. Web site: Brunswick Corporation : Life Fitness Teams With Power Systems To Offer Branded Fitness Accessories . August 29, 2012 . Brunswick Corporation . August 11, 2017 .
  42. Web site: Specialized Training Equipment and Programs for Your Members . October 1, 2004 . ClubSolutions: the business resource for health & fitness clubs . August 11, 2017. See last paragraph of the page.
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  44. Web site: Bruno Pauletto – President 1991 – 1994 . NSCA . August 11, 2017. Click "1990's".
  45. News: Bruno Pauletto – President June, 1991, to June, 1994 . NSCA .
  46. Web site: Fitness training hurdle Patent US 20080085816 A1. Google Patents . August 11, 2017.
  47. Web site: College Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year Award . NSCA . August 11, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150915064354/http://www.nsca.com/annual-awards/college-coach/ . September 15, 2015 . dead .
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  50. Web site: The Boyd Epley Award for Lifetime Achievement. NSCA. August 11, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170808121517/https://www.nsca.com/career-awards/boyd-epley-award/. August 8, 2017. dead.
  51. Web site: Vol's Pauletto Receives NSCA Lifetime Achievement Award . July 31, 2008 . The Chattanoogan . August 11, 2017.
  52. Web site: Former strength coach receives NSCA Award: Bruno Pauletto . University of Tennessee . August 11, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150908121920/http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/073108aaa.html . September 8, 2015 . dead .
  53. Web site: Pauletto Receives NSCA Lifetime Achievement Award . July 31, 2008 . Go Vols Xtra . August 11, 2017.
  54. Web site: Specialized Training Equipment and Programs for Your Members . October 1, 2004 . ClubSolutions: the business resource for health & fitness clubs . August 11, 2017.
  55. Web site: Awards and Certifications . Power System . August 11, 2017. The "Perfect Record Award" honors companies, locations or divisions that have continued for at least 12 consecutive months without incurring an occupational injury, illness or fatality involving days away from work
  56. Web site: Power Systems' President Pauletto Celebrates 25 Years of Service . March 9, 2011 . coachad . August 11, 2017 .
  57. News: 2010 Award Recipients - Power Systems, Inc., Knoxville . 2010. Recent Award Winners. Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence .
  58. Web site: GGFA Gold Suppliers - Power Systems . Gold's Gym Franchisee Association . August 11, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141106142712/http://ggfa.info/Suppliers/GGFAGoldSuppliers/tabid/102/Default.aspx . November 6, 2014 . dead .
  59. Web site: décisions toponymiques 2008-2009 . Gouvernement Québec . fr . August 11, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130227225218/http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/pdf/decisions_toponymiques_2008_2009.pdf . February 27, 2013 . dead .

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