Luigi Gnocchi Explained

Luigi Gnocchi
Nationality:	Italian
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Sprint
Club:	Gallaratese
Birth Date:	1933 1, df=yes
Birth Place:	Gallarate, Italy
Death Place:	Gallarate, Italy
Pb:	100 m: 10.4 (1956)
Country:	Italy

Luigi Gnocchi (14 January 1933  - 18 October 2014) was an Italian sprinter, that won three gold medals in one single edition of Mediterranean Games.^[1] He was born in Gallarate. He was finalist with the national relay team on 4x100 metres relay at the 1956 Summer Olympics (4th place).

Biography

Gnocchi participated at one edition of the Summer Olympics (1956), he has 11 caps in national team from 1953 to 1956.^[2]

National records

• 100 metres: 10.4 ( Rome, 29 September 1956)

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Performance	Note
1954	European Championships		4th	4 × 100 m relay	41.9
1956	Olympic Games			100 metres	10.8	^[3]
	4th	4 × 100 metres relay	40.3

National titles

Gnocchi won the individual national championship five times.^[4]

• 3 wins on 100 metres (1954, 1955, 1956)
• 2 wins on 200 metres (1955, 1956)

See also

• 100 metres winners of Italian Athletics Championships
• 200 metres winners of Italian Athletics Championships
• Italy national relay team

External links

• • Luigi Gnocchi's obituary

Notes and References

1. Web site: PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - UOMINI . sportolimpico.it . 14 November 2012.
2. Book: Annuario dell'Atletica 2009 . 2009 . FIDAL.
3. He ran in a better crono (10.7) in the first round.
4. Web site: "CAMPIONATI “ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012 . sportolimpico.it . 28 November 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121224064654/http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI_UOMINI.pdf . 24 December 2012 .