Roberto Frinolli
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| Full name | Roberto Frinolli Puzzilli | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 November 1940 Garbatella, Rome, Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 400 metres hurdles | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 400 m hurdles: 49.14 (1968) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Roberto Frinolli (Rome, 13 November 1940) is a former athlete Italian specializing in the 400 metres hurdles.
Biography
[edit]Born in Garbatella, he attended athletics school, first trying the 110 metres hurdles before settling on the 400 hurdles. He went on to become the Italian national champion six times, 1963-1966 and 1968-9.
He qualified for three Olympics, 1964 through 1972, making it to the final in 1964 and 1968.[1] At the 1968 Olympics, he ran his personal best of 49.14 in the semi-finals, placing him in the center of the track for the final. He ran an even pace with eventual winner David Hemery who was in the process of setting the world record. Frinolli paid for that hard early pace, struggling home in last place.
Frinolli was ranked number one in the world in 1965 and 1966.[2] He won the 1966 European Championships and twice at the World University Games. He is the father of Giorgio Frinolli.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Roberto Frinolli". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ "Ranking men 400 m hs" (PDF). trackandfieldnews.comm. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2013.
External links
[edit]- Roberto Frinolli at World Athletics
- Roberto Frinolli at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Roberto Frinolli at Olympics.com
- Roberto Frinolli at Olympedia
- 1940 births
- Living people
- Italian male hurdlers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Italy
- Athletes from Rome
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
- Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1963 Mediterranean Games
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Italy
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Italy
- Medalists at the 1963 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 1965 Summer Universiade
- 20th-century Italian sportsmen
- Italian Athletics Championships winners