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Full name | Raffaello Fabio Ducceschi | ||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Italy: 11 caps (1983-1989)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sesto San Giovanni, Italy | 25 February 1962||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Race walk | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | G.S. Fiamme Oro | ||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 1992[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Raffaello Ducceschi (born 25 February 1962)[3] is an Italian former race walker who took fifth and eighth place in two Olympic Games.[4]
Biography
Ducceschi won one medal, at individual level, at the International athletics competitions.[5] He participated at two Summer Olympic Games (1984 and 1988), he has 11 caps in national team from 1983 to 1989.[6]
Twice a finalist in the 50 kilometres race walk at the Olympic Games (in Los Angeles 1984 and Seoul 1988), his best result was the 1987 World Championships in Athletics, when though struck with dysentery during the race and being forced to stop along the roadside several times, he was able to reach the finish line, taking fourth place.
He was trained from 1980 to 1984 by Roberto Vanzillotta, 1985–1986 by Antonio La Torre, the first half of 1987 by Peter Pastorini, and from May 1987 to all of 1988 by Sandro Damilano in Saluzzo with Maurizio and Giorgio Damilano.
Having carried out a career as an athlete, Duccechi moved to Barcelona, Spain, where he is a professional graphic designer and teaches at the university.[7] Since 2001 he has been practicing and teaching Fitwalking.[8]
Statistics
National records
- 50 km walk: 3:44:27 ( Molfetta, 17 April 1988) until 13 August 1994[1]
Personal bests
Progression
- 50 km walk
Year | Time | Venue | Date |
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1988 | 3:44:27 | Molfetta | 17 April |
1987 | 3:47:49 | Rome | 5 September |
1986 | 3:56:42 | Stuttgart | 31 August |
1984 | 3:59:26 | Los Angeles | 11 August |
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time | Notes |
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1984 | Olympic Games | Los Angeles | 5th | 50 km | 3:59:26 | |
1985 | World Race Walking Cup | St John's | 5th | 50 km | 3:59:55 | |
3rd | Team | 233 pts | [10] | |||
1986 | European Championships | Stuttgart | 13th | 50 km | 3:56.42 | |
1987 | World Student Games | Zagreb | 1st | 20 km | 1.25:02 | |
World Race Walking Cup | New York City | 10th | 50 km | 3:52:29 | ||
2nd | Team | 569 pts | [10] | |||
World Championships | Rome | 4th | 50 km | 3:47.49 | ||
1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul | 8th | 50 km | 3:45:43 | |
1989 | World Race Walking Cup | L'Hospitalet | 35th | 50 km | 4:09:06 | |
2nd | Team | 534 pts | [10] |
National titles
Ducceschi won three national championships at individual senior level.[11][12]
- Italian Athletics Championships
- 50 km walk: 1983, 1984, 1988 (3)
Honours
See also
References
- 1 2 "Annuario FIDAL dell'atletica 2010" (PDF) (in Italian). asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- 1 2 3 4 "Dettaglio Atleta - DUCCESCHI Raffaello" (in Italian). Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ↑ "Raffaello Ducceschi" (in Italian). raffaduc.com. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- ↑ "Raffaello Ducceschi - Profile". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ↑ "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - UOMINI" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
- ↑ Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
- ↑ "Curriculum di Raffaello Ducceschi" (in Italian). raffaduc.com. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ↑ "Fitwalking instructor" (in Italian). fitwalking.it. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- ↑ "LISTE ITALIANE ALL TIME al 18 ottobre 2020" (PDF) (in Italian). fidal-it. 18 October 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- 1 2 3 Team ranking named Lugano Trophy that combining results of 20 Km and 50 Km.
- ↑ "TUTTI I CAMPIONI ITALIANI – 1906/2014" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ↑ "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ↑ "1983 Medaglia di bronzo CONI CAMPIONE ITALIANO MARCIA SU STRADA KM.50". Coni.it (in Italian). Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
External links
- Raffaello Ducceschi at World Athletics
- Raffaello Ducceschi at Olympedia
- Raffaello Ducceschi at the CONI honoured athlete website (in Italian)
- Raffaello Ducceschi at La marcia nel mondo (in Italian)