Gelindo bordin real height and weight
Gelindo bordin real height and weight
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Gelindo Bordin
Italian marathon runner (born 1959)
Nationality | Italian |
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Born | (1959-04-02) 2 April 1959 (age 65) Vicenza, Italy |
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) |
Country | Italy |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Marathon |
Club | Atalanta Paf Alitrans Verona |
Personal best |
Gelindo Bordin (born 2 April 1959) is an Italian former Long Distance Runner, winner of the marathon race at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
He is the first Italian to have won an Olympic gold in the marathon and the only male to win both the Boston Marathon and the Olympic gold medal in this event.
Biography
Born in Vicenza, Italy, Bordin made his first breakthrough at the 1986 European Championships, where he won a gold medal in the marathon.[1] His next international competition was the 1987 World Championships in Rome.
The marathon race was held on a very hot and humid day. Bordin wisely held back from the leaders in the early s