Giovanni Modena

Giovanni Modena

Personal information
National team	Italy (athletics): 13 caps (1972-1977)[1]
Born	(1954-09-01) 1 September 1954 (age 70)[2] Verona, Italy
Height	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
Sport	Sport of athletics Bobsleigh
Events	Decathlon (athletics) Four-man event (bobsleigh)

Giovanni "Gianni" Modena (born 1 September 1954) is a former Italian combined-event athlete and bobsledder.

Modena won eight national championships at individual senior level.[3][4]

Achievements

Athletics

National titles

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • Decathlon: 1972, 1975, 1977 (3)
  • 4 × 100 metres relay: 1975 (1)
• Italian Indoor Athletics Championships
  • Pentathlon: 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 (5)
  • Heptathlon: 1983 (1)

Bobsleigh

He competed in the four man event at the 1980 Winter Olympics.[5]

See also

• Italy at the 1980 Winter Olympics

References

1. "Annuario FIDAL dell'atletica 2010" (PDF) (in Italian). asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
2. Giovanni Modena at Olympedia (archive)
3. "TUTTI I CAMPIONI ITALIANI 1906-2014" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
4. "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
5. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Giovanni Modena Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2018.

External links

• Giovanni Modena at World Athletics
• Giovanni Modena at Olympics.com
• Giovanni Modena at Olympedia