Alessandro Pezzatini

Alessandro Pezzatini
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	25 August 1957 (age 67); Fiesole, Italy
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	Racewalking
Club	ASSI Giglio Rosso; G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Achievements and titles
Personal best	20 km walk: 1:20.18 (1984);
Medal record
World Race Walking Cup

Alessandro Pezzatini (born 25 August 1957 in Fiesole, Province of Florence) is a retired male race walker from Italy.

Biography

He set his personal best on the 20 km walk in 1984 with a time of 1:20.18 (the time is still the best performance Italian 7th all-time),^[1] obtaining the qualification for the Olympic Games in Los Angeles where, however, he could not repeat that time and was ranked 28th with a time of 12.1 minutes over that.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event
1981	World Race Walking Cup	Valencia	3rd	20 km
1982	European Championships	Athens	5th	20 km
1983	World Championships	Helsinki	24th	20 km
1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles	28th	20 km
1985	World Race Walking Cup	St John's	15th	20 km