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Donata Govoni

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Donata Govoni
Donata Govoni in 1970
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1944-03-04) 4 March 1944 (age 80)
Pieve di Cento, Italy
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
CountryItaly Italy
SportAthletics
Event(s)Sprint
800 metres
ClubFontana Bologna
Unipol Bologna
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 400 m: 53.2 (1970)
  • 800 m: 2:03.9 (1971)
Medal record
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 1967 Tunis 100 metres
Silver medal – second place 1971 Izmir 400 metres
Silver medal – second place 1971 Izmir 800 metres

Donata Govoni married Sandrini (born 4 March 1944) is a former Italian sprinter and middle distance runner.

Biography

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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

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Performance Note
1968 Olympic Games Mexico Mexico City Heat 400 metres 54.7
1970 European Cup[3] Romania Bucharest 3rd 400 metres 53.2 [4]
1972 Olympic Games West Germany Munich QF 400 metres 53.78

National titles

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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
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

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References

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  1. ^ a b Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
  2. ^ Donata Govoni Archived 8 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
  3. ^ Semifinal
  4. ^ "EUROPEAN CUP SEMI-FINALS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  5. ^ "CAMPIONESSE ITALIANE – 1923-2014" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  6. ^ "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
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