![]() Giannone (right) running the 4×100 m relay at the 1960 Olympics | |||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
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Nationality | Italian | ||||||||
Born | (1936-07-24)24 July 1936 Trieste,Italy | ||||||||
Died | 3 August 2024(2024-08-03) (aged 88) Caserta, Italy | ||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||
Event | Sprint | ||||||||
Club | Partenope[1] | ||||||||
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Personalbest | 200 m: 21.2 (1960)[1] | ||||||||
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Salvatore Giannone (24 July 1936 – 3 August 2024) was an Italiansprinter. Running the 4×100 m relay he won a gold medal at the1959 Summer Universiade[2] and finished in fourth place at the 1960 Olympics.[1] Giannone died on 3 August 2024, at the age of 88.[3]
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