- Orlando Pizzolato
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Orlando Pizzolato (born July 30, 1958) is a retired long-distance runner from Italy, who represented his native country in the men's marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics, finishing in 16th place (2:15:20). His biggest success was twice winning the New York City Marathon (1984 and 1985), and the silver medal in the men's marathon at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart, West Germany.
Achievements
- All results regarding marathon, unless stated otherwise
Year Competition Venue Position Notes Representing 
Italy1984 New York City Marathon New York, United States 1st 2:14:53 1985 New York City Marathon New York, United States 1st 2:11:34 1986 European Championships Stuttgart, West Germany 2nd 2:10:57 1987 World Championships Rome, Italy 7th 2:14:03 1988 Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea 16th 2:15:20 Venice Marathon Venice, Italy 1st 2:15:24 References
New York Men's Marathon Winners 1970: Gary Muhrcke (USA) · 1971: Norman Higgins (USA) · 1972: Sheldon Karlin (USA) · 1973: Tom Fleming (USA) · 1974: Norbert Sander (USA) · 1975: Tom Fleming (USA) · 1976-79: Bill Rodgers (USA) · 1980-82: Alberto Salazar (USA) · 1983: Rod Dixon (NZL) · 1984-85: Orlando Pizzolato (ITA) · 1986: Gianni Poli (ITA) · 1987: Ibrahim Hussein (KEN) · 1988: Steve Jones (GBR) · 1989: Juma Ikangaa (TAN) · 1990: Douglas Wakiihuri (KEN) · 1991: Salvador García (MEX) · 1992: Willie Mtolo (RSA) · 1993: Andrés Espinosa (MEX) · 1994-95: Germán Silva (MEX) · 1996: Giacomo Leone (ITA) · 1997-98: John Kagwe (KEN) · 1999: Joseph Chebet (KEN) · 2000: Abdelkader El Mouaziz (MAR) · 2001: Tesfaye Jifar (ETH) · 2002: Rodgers Rop (KEN) · 2003: Martin Lel (KEN) · 2004: Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) · 2005: Paul Tergat (KEN) · 2006: Marílson Gomes dos Santos (BRA) · 2007: Martin Lel (KEN) · 2008: Marílson Gomes dos Santos (BRA) · 2009: Meb Keflezighi (USA) · 2010: Gebregziabher Gebremariam (ETH) · 2011: Geoffrey Mutai (KEN)
World Marathon Majors: Berlin Marathon - List (M/W) · Boston Marathon - List (M/W) · Chicago Marathon - List (M/W) · London Marathon - List (M/W) · New York City Marathon - List (M/W) Summer Universiade Champions in Men's (Half) Marathon 1981 – 1995: Marathon • 1997 – 2007: Half Marathon1981: Ivan Kovalchuk (URS) • 1983: Alessio Faustini (ITA) • 1985: Orlando Pizzolato (ITA) • 1987: Takahiro Izumi (JPN) • 1989: Tibor Baier (HUN) • 1991: Wang Yung-Jo (KOR) • 1993: Kennedy Manyisa (KEN) • 1995: Takakai Morikawa (JPN) • 1997 – 1999: Marílson Gomes dos Santos (BRA) • 2001: Masakazu Fujiwara (JPN) • 2003: Abdellah Bay (MAR) • 2005: Wilson Busienei (UGA) • 2007: Mohamed Fadil (MAR) • 2009: Zhao Ran (CHN) • 2011: Ahmed Tamri (MAR)
Categories:- 1958 births
- Living people
- Italian long-distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Italy
- New York City Marathon winners
- Italian athletics biography stubs
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