Giovanni Frangipane Explained

Giovanni Frangipane
Nationality:	Italian
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Sprint
Club:	US Italia Palermo
Birth Date:	9 February 1902
Birth Place:	Palermo, Italy
Pb:	100 m: 10.8 (1923)
Country:	Italy

Giovanni Frangipane (9 February 1902  - 1967) was an Italian sprinter and footballer.^[1]

Biography

Frangipane competed in the men's 100 metres and the 4x100 metres relay events at the 1924 Summer Olympics.^[2] As of 2012, his results at the 100 metres Olympic event in 1924 (semi-finals) are the best result of an Italian athlete in this event. He was also a footballer for Palermo from 1919 to 1929.^[3]

Olympic results

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Performance	Note
1924	Olympic Games			100 metres	11.2	^[4]
		4×100 metres relay	at one metre to second

External links

• • Report on Italian Olympic athletes

Notes and References

1. Web site: Giovanni Frangipane . Olympedia . 15 September 2021.
2. Web site: Giovanni Frangipane Olympic Results . 20 October 2012 . sports-reference.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121112175844/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fr/giovanni-frangipane-1.html . 12 November 2012 .
3. Web site: STORIE E ANEDDOTI DEL PODISMO SICILIANO. midi-miti-mici.it. Italian. 29 December 2012.
4. He ran in a better time (11.0) in quarter-finals.