Carmelo Rado
Italian discus thrower
Personal information | |
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Born | 4 August 1933 (1933-08-04) (age 90) Oderzo, Treviso, Italy |
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Weight | 105 kg (231 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Masters athletics |
Event | Discus throw |
Club | UG Biella |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best | 58.45 m (1969) |
Carmelo Rado (born 4 August 1933) is an Italian athletics competitor. He competed for his native country in the discus throw at the 1960 Olympics held in his home country, finishing in seventh place.[1] He also competed in the 1962 European Athletics Championships.
Biography
Rado grew up in Biella, and has lived in South Africa and San Donato Milanese. He currently lives in Calusco d'Adda, Bergamo.[2]
Rado has continued to throw into the upper age divisions of masters athletics. He holds the current M70, M75 and M80 world record in the discus throw, the M75 and M80 world record in the weight pentathlon and the M80 world record in the weight throw.[3]
See also
References
External links
- Carmelo Rado at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Carmelo Rado at Olympedia
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- 1913: Aurelio Lenzi
- 1914: Giuseppe Tugnoli
- 1915-1918: not held
- 1919: Aurelio Lenzi
- 1920: Bruno De Lorenzi
- 1921: Aurelio Lenzi
- 1922–23: Giuseppe Tugnoli
- 1924–26: Albino Pighi
- 1927: Camillo Zemi
- 1928: Albino Pighi
- 1929: Camillo Zemi
- 1930–31: Albino Pighi
- 1932: Benvenuto Mignani
- 1933: Luigi Ponzoni
- 1934: Giorgio Oberweger
- 1935: Ruggero Biancani
- 1936–38: Giorgio Oberweger
- 1939: Adolfo Consolini
- 1940: Angiolo Profeti
- 1941–42: Adolfo Consolini
- 1943: Giuseppe Tosi
- 1944: not held
- 1945: Adolfo Consolini
- 1946–48: Giuseppe Tosi
- 1949–50: Adolfo Consolini
- 1951: Giuseppe Tosi
- 1952–60: Adolfo Consolini
- 1961: Carmelo Rado
- 1962: Gaetano Dalla Pria
- 1963: Franco Grossi
- 1964: Gaetano Dalla Pria
- 1965: Franco Grossi
- 1966–67: Silvano Simeon
- 1968: Gilberto Ferrini
- 1969–74: Silvano Simeon
- 1975–76: Armando De Vincentiis
- 1977: Silvano Simeon
- 1978: Armando De Vincentiis
- 1979: Silvano Simeon
- 1980–81: Armando De Vincentiis
- 1982: Marco Bucci
- 1983: Marco Martino
- 1984: Marco Bucci
- 1985: Domenico Polato
- 1986–88: Marco Martino
- 1989: Luciano Zerbini
- 1990–91: Marco Martino
- 1992–93: Luciano Zerbini
- 1994–95: Diego Fortuna
- 1996: Alessandro Urlando
- 1997–2001: Diego Fortuna
- 2002–03: Cristiano Andrei
- 2004: Diego Fortuna
- 2005–10: Hannes Kirchler
- 2011: Giovanni Faloci
- 2012: Eduardo Albertazzi
- 2013: Giovanni Faloci
- 2014–17: Hannes Kirchler
- 2018-21: Giovanni Faloci
- 2022: Alessio Mannucci