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Don Bertoia Personal information Born February 16, 1940 Medal recordMen's Athletics Competitor for Canada Pan American Games Gold 1963 Sao Paulo 800 metres Bronze 1963 Sao Paulo 1.500 metres Donald ("Don") Richard Bertoia (born February 16, 1940 in Rossland, British Columbia) is a retired middle distance runner from Canada, who represented his native country in the men's 800 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. A resident of Vancouver, British Columbia he claimed the gold medal in the same event and a bronze medal in the 1500 metres at the 1963 Pan American Games in Brazil.
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Pan American Champions in Men's 800 m 1951: Mal Whitfield (USA) • 1955: Arnie Sowell (USA) • 1959: Tom Murphy (USA) • 1963: Don Bertoia (CAN) • 1967: Wade Bell (USA) • 1971: Ken Swenson (USA) • 1975: Luis Medina (CUB) • 1979: James Robinson (USA) • 1983: Agberto Guimarães (BRA) • 1987: Johnny Gray (USA) • 1991: Ocky Clark (USA) • 1995: José Luíz Barbosa (BRA) • 1999: Johnny Gray (USA) • 2003: Achraf Tadili (CAN) • 2007: Yeimer López (CUB) • 2011: Andy González (CUB)
Categories:- 1940 births
- Living people
- Canadian male middle distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1963 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Olympic track and field athletes of Canada
- Canadian track and field athletics biography stubs
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