Giovanni Modena Explained

National Team:	Italy (athletics): 13 caps (1972-1977)^[1]
Sport:	Sport of athletics Bobsleigh
Event:	Decathlon (athletics) Four-man event (bobsleigh)
Birth Date:	1 September 1954
Birth Place:	Verona, Italy
Height:	186 cm
Weight:	86 kg

Giovanni "Gianni" Modena (born 1 September 1954) is a former Italian combined-event athlete and bobsledder.

Modena won eight national championships at individual senior level.^{[2] [3]}

Achievements

Athletics

National titles

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • Decathlon: 1972, 1975, 1977 (3)
  • 4 × 100 metres relay: 1975 (1)
• Italian Indoor Athletics Championships
  • Pentathlon: 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 (5)
  • Heptathlon: 1983 (1)

Bobsleigh

He competed in the four man event at the 1980 Winter Olympics.^[4]

See also

• Italy at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Annuario FIDAL dell'atletica 2010. asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com. it. 9 April 2021. 28 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210828003321/http://asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com/files/annuario-fidal.pdf. dead.
2. Web site: TUTTI I CAMPIONI ITALIANI 1906-2014. sportolimpico.it. 17 April 2021.
3. Web site: ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS. gbrathletics.com. 17 April 2021.
4. Giovanni Modena Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418012715/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/giovanni-modena-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 17 April 2018.