Donata Govoni
Italian sprinter (born 1944)
Donata Govoni in 1970 | |||||||||||||||
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Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1944-03-04) 4 March 1944 (age 80) Pieve di Cento, Italy | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Country | Italy | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Sprint 800 metres | ||||||||||||||
Club | Fontana Bologna Unipol Bologna | ||||||||||||||
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Donata Govoni married Sandrini (born 4 March 1944) is a former Italian sprinter and middle distance runner.
Biography
Govoni began her career as a 100–200 m sprinter and then moved progressively to 400 metres and 800 metres. From 1961 to 1972 she took part in 49 international competitions, including the 1968 and 1972 Olympics.[1][2]
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Performance | Note |
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1968 | Olympic Games | Mexico City | Heat | 400 metres | 54.7 | |
1970 | European Cup[3] | Bucharest | 3rd | 400 metres | 53.2 | [4] |
1972 | Olympic Games | Munich | QF | 400 metres | 53.78 |
National titles
Donata Govoni has won 26 times the individual national championship from 1961 to 1975.[5] In Italy only two women did better: Agnese Maffeis (38) and Marisa Masullo (30).[1][6]
Event | Wins | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 |
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100 metres | 7 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||
200 metres | 5 | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||
400 metres | 7 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||
800 metres | 2 | • | • | |||||||||||||
400 metres indoor | 2 | • | • | |||||||||||||
800 metres indoor | 2 | • | • | |||||||||||||
Cross country running | 1 | • |
See also
References
- ^ a b Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
- ^ Donata Govoni Archived 8 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
- ^ Semifinal
- ^ "EUROPEAN CUP SEMI-FINALS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
- ^ "CAMPIONESSE ITALIANE – 1923-2014" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- ^ "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
External links
- Donata Govoni at World Athletics
- Donata Govoni at Olympics.com
- Donata Govoni at Olympedia
- Donata Govoni at the CONI honored athlete website (in Italian)