Giovanni Cornacchia
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| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 June 1939 Pescara, Italy |
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| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Pescara, Italy |
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| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Italy |
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 110 m hurdles | ||||||||||||||||||
| Club | FIAT Torino | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 14.06 (1964)[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Giovanni Cornacchia (18 June 1939 – 23 July 2008 in Pescara) was an Italian hurdler who specialized in the 110 m distance. He won a gold medal at the 1967 Mediterranean Games[3] and silver medals at the 1962 European Championships[4] and 1965 Universiade.[5] He competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics with the best result of seventh place in 1964.[1]
Cornacchia won three national titles in the 110 m hurdles: in 1960, 1962 and 1964.[6]
On 22 October 2009, the Stadio Adriatico in Pescara was renamed to Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Giovanni Cornacchia. sports-reference.com
- ↑ Italian all-time list, men's 110 metres hurdles. Digilander.libero.it. Retrieved on 21 July 2015.
- ↑ Mediterranean Games – GBR Athletics
- ↑ 1962 European Championships, men's results – Sporting Heroes
- ↑ World Student Games (Universiade – Men) – GBR Athletics
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- ↑ Pagine Abruzzo – Pescara – Lo stadio Adriatico intitolato a Giovanni Cornacchia. Pagineabruzzo.it (19 December 2006). Retrieved on 2015-07-21.
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- 1939 births
- People from Pescara
- Italian hurdlers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Italy
- 2008 deaths
- European Athletics Championships medalists
