Mauro Zuliani

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Mauro Zuliani (born July 23, 1959 in Milan ) is a former Italian athlete who won an Olympic bronze medal in the 4 x 400 meter relay in 1980 .

In 1979 Zuliani won the Italian championship in the 100-meter run . The following year he started at the Olympic Games in Moscow in the 400-meter run . While the other two Italians Stefano Malinverni and Roberto Tozzi were eliminated in the quarter-finals, Zuliani reached the semi-finals. In the line-up of Malinverni, Zuliani, Tozzi and last runner Pietro Mennea , the Italian relay ran in 3: 04.3 minutes to third place behind the relay from the Soviet Union and the GDR.

In 1981 Zuliano won his first Italian championship title over 400 meters, two more were to follow in 1982 and 1986. At the Athletics World Cup in Rome in September 1981 Zuliani set his personal best of 45.26 s and took second place behind the American Cliff Wiley . At the European Championships in Athens in 1982 , Zuliani narrowly missed the finals in ninth place. The Italian season with Mennea, Tozzi, Roberto Ribaud and Zuliani took sixth place in the final in 3: 03.21 minutes. In the following year Stefano Malinverni, Donato Sabia , Mauro Zuliani and Roberto Ribaud achieved fifth place at the World Championships in Helsinki in 3: 05.10 minutes .

At the European Championships in 1986 in Stuttgart , Zuliani was eliminated in the individual competition in advance. The season with Giovanni Borgioni , Mauro Zuliani, Vito Petrella and Roberto Ribaud ran an Italian record in 3: 01.37 minutes, but still missed a medal in fourth. In the following winter season Zuliani reached sixth place at the European Indoor Championships in 1987 in Liévin, his only final placement in an individual competition at a continental championship.

With a height of 1.75 m, his competition weight was 62 kg. He started for the Fiamme Oro club from Padua.

Personal bests

  • 200 meters: 20.72 s (August 11, 1979 in Formia)
  • 400 meters: 45.26 s (September 5, 1981 in Rome)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ World Cup results
personal data
SURNAME Zuliani, Mauro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian athlete
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Milan