Pietro Mennea
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Italian sprinter and politician
Why Is Pietro Mennea Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Pietro Paolo Mennea , nicknamed , was an Italian sprinter and politician. He was most successful in the 200m event, winning a gold medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, and set a world record at 19.72 seconds in September 1979. This record stood for almost 17 years – the longest duration in the event history – and is still the European record. He is the only male sprinter who has qualified at four consecutive 200 metres Olympic finals: from 1972 to 1984.
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