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Pietro Mennea

1952 - 2013

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Pietro Paolo Mennea (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpjeːtro menˈnɛːa]; 28 June 1952 – 21 March 2013), nicknamed la Freccia del Sud ("the Arrow of the South"), was an Italian sprinter and politician. He was most successful in the 200m event, winning a gold medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, and setting 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pietro Mennea has received more than 338,275 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia. Pietro Mennea is the 173rd most popular athlete (down from 126th in 2019), the 2,718th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,452nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Italian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Pietro Mennea ranks 173 out of 3,059Before him are Charles Dvorak, Ethel Smith, Viorica Viscopoleanu, Chris Dickerson, Helen Stephens, and Rhadi Ben Abdesselam. After him are Faina Melnik, Terry Fox, Dorian Yates, Dorothy Manley, Carl Diem, and Harry Porter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Pietro Mennea ranks 194Before him are Wim Rijsbergen, Randy Crawford, Thierry Lhermitte, Kevin Reynolds, Jacques Santini, and Benny Urquidez. After him are Ng Man-tat, Rishi Kapoor, Tony Brise, Norbert Walter-Borjans, Per Petterson, and Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu. Among people deceased in 2013, Pietro Mennea ranks 197Before him are Aníbal Paz, Yusef Lateef, Otto Muehl, Robert N. Bellah, Józef Glemp, and Emile Griffith. After him are Tony Musante, Diane Disney Miller, Jimmy Fontana, Alla Kushnir, Joanna Chmielewska, and George Duke.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pietro Mennea ranks 2,718 out of 4,668Before him are Gianni De Biasi (1956), Elio Vittorini (1908), Lorenzo Priuli (1489), Primo Nebiolo (1923), Sophia of Montferrat (1399), and Francesco Loredan (1685). After him are Marco Verratti (1992), William of Apulia (1100), Ludovico di Varthema (1470), Salvatore Sciarrino (1947), Riccardo Fogli (1947), and Giovanni Battista Bassani (1650).

Among ATHLETES In Italy

Among athletes born in Italy, Pietro Mennea ranks 3Before him are Dorando Pietri (1885) and Eugenio Monti (1928). After him are Adolfo Consolini (1917), Luigi Beccali (1907), Livio Berruti (1939), Ugo Frigerio (1901), Sara Simeoni (1953), Giulio Gaudini (1904), Carlo Airoldi (1869), Carlo Agostoni (1909), and Giuseppe Gentile (1943).