Birth Date: | 7 March 1974 |
Birth Place: | Milan |
Country: | Italy |
Club: | C.S. Carabinieri |
Nationality: | Italian |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | Race walking |
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Michele Didoni (born 7 March 1974 in Milan) is an Italian retired race walker, world champion of the 20 km race walk at Gothenburg 1995.
He won six times the national championships at senior level.[1] and after his retire, he was the coach of Italian Olympic champion Alex Schwazer.[2]
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1992 | World Junior Championships | Seoul, South Korea | 6th | 10,000 m | 41:42.75 | |
1994 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 10th | 20 km | 1:23:21 | |
1995 | Beijing, PR China | 5th | 20 km | 1:20:50 | ||
World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 1st | 20 km | 1:19:59 | ||
1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 34th | 20 km | 1:26:02 | |
1997 | World Championships | Athens, Greece | 7th | 20 km | 1:23:14 | |
Mediterranean Games | Bari, Italy | 2nd | 20 km | 1:25:21 | ||
1998 | Budapest, Hungary | 11th | 20 km | 1:25.54 | ||
1999 | World Championships | Seville, Spain | 10th | 20 km | 1:26:00 | |
2000 | Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany | 14th | 20 km | 1:21:51 | ||
Sydney, Australia | 11th | 20 km | 1:21:43 | |||
2002 | European Championships | Munich, Germany | - | 20 km | DSQ | |
2003 | World Championships | Paris, France | 16th | 20 km | 1:21:23 | |
2005 | Mediterranean Games | Almería, Spain | 3rd | 20 km | 1:26:06 |
road: 1994, 1996, 1998, 2001
road: 1995
road: 1998