Giorgio Damilano Explained

Giorgio Damilano
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Race walking
Club:	Iveco Torino
Birth Date:	1957 4, df=yes
Birth Place:	Scarnafigi, Italy
Weight:	700NaN0
Pb:	20 km race walk: 1:23:43 (1985)
Country:	Italy

Giorgio Damilano (born 6 April 1957) is an Italian former race walker.

He is the twin brother of Italian race walker legend Maurizio Damilano and brother of the coach Sandro Damilano.^[1]

Biography

He was 11th at the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow. He also won a National championships in 20 km walk (1979).

In 1999, Maurizio Damilano and Giorgio Damilano founded Fit Walking.

Giorgio Damilano is one of the coaches of the Saluzzo Race Walking School, created by the town of Saluzzo in 2002,^[2] the school is also the center for the diffusion of Fit Walking and training center of international race walking.^[3]

National titles

• 1 win in 20 km walk at the Italian Athletics Championships (1979)^[5]

See also

• Saluzzo Race Walking School
• Fit Walking

Notes and References

1. Web site: Centro di Marcia - Gli atlteti. scuolacamminosaluzzo.it. italian. 18 August 2012.
2. Web site: ATC Saluzzo. iaaf.org. 18 August 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111104065339/http://www.iaaf.org/development/category%3Ddv23/id%3D260417/index.html. 4 November 2011.
3. Web site: Fitwalking Day In Saluzzo. youtube.com. 19 August 2012.
4. Web site: Athletics at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Men's 20 kilometres Walk . sports-reference.com . 19 August 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121103063904/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1980/ATH/mens-20-kilometres-walk.html . 3 November 2012 .
5. Web site: ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS. gbrathletics.com. 19 August 2012.