Orazio Mariani Explained

Orazio Mariani
Nationality:	Italian
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Sprint
Club:	G.S. Baracca
Birth Date:	21 January 1915
Birth Place:	Milan, Italy
Weight:	76kg (168lb)
Pb:	100 m: 10.4 (1938)
Country:	Italy

Orazio Mariani (21 January 1915  - 16 October 1981) was an Italian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metre sprint.

Biography

He competed for Italy in the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his team mates Gianni Caldana, Elio Ragni and Tullio Gonnelli. In 1938 in the European Championships Mariani won the silver medal in the 200 metres.

National titles

Orazio Mariani has won 8 times the individual national championship.^[1]

• 7 wins in the 100 metres (1933, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1943)
• 1 win in the 200 metres (1943)

Notes and References

1. Web site: "CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012 . sportolimpico.it . 30 November 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121224064654/http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI_UOMINI.pdf . December 24, 2012 .