Sergio Bello

Sergio Bello
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1942-05-06) 6 May 1942
Intra, Italy
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
CountryItaly Italy
SportAthletics
Event400 metres
ClubSnia Milan
Achievements and titles
Personal best400 metres: 46"53 (1968)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Italy
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1971 Helsinki 4 × 400 relay
European Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 1966 Dortmund Medley relay
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1965 Budapest 400 metres
Gold medal – first place 1965 Budapest 4 × 400 relay
Bronze medal – third place 1963 Porto Alegre 4 × 400 relay
Bronze medal – third place 1967 Tokyo 400 metres
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1967 Tunis 400 metres
Gold medal – first place 1967 Tunis 4 × 400 relay
Gold medal – first place 1971 Izmir 4 × 400 relay

Sergio Bello (born 6 May 1942) is an Italian former sprinter, third with the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1971 European Athletics Championships. He was born in Intra.

Biography

Bello has 45 caps in Italy national athletics team (from 1961 to 1972).[1] In his career, he participated in three editions of the Olympic Games and won the Italian Athletics Championships 6 times.

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Performance Notes
1963 Universiade Brazil Porto Alegre 3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3'13"8 [2]
1965 Universiade Hungary Budapest 1st 400 metres 46"8 [3]
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3'08"5 [2]
1966 European Indoor Games West Germany Dortmund 2nd Medley relay 3'22"2
1967 Mediterranean Games Tunisia Tunis 1st 400 metres 47"7 [4]
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3'12"6 [2]
Universiade Japan Tokyo 3rd 400 metres 46"7 [3]
1968 Olympic Games Mexico Mexico City 7th 4 × 400 m relay 3'04"6
1971 Mediterranean Games Turkey İzmir 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3'07"5 [2]
European Championships Finland Helsinki 3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3'04"60

National titles

  • 5 wins in 400 metres at the Italian Athletics Championships (1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969)[5]
  • 1 win in 400 metres hurdles at the Italian Athletics Championships (1970)[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "La squadra nazionale" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 al 2008" (PDF) (in Italian). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  3. ^ a b "WORLD STUDENT GAMES (UNIVERSIADE - MEN)". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  4. ^ "MEDITERRANEAN GAMES". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  5. ^ a b "ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
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