Salvatore_Morale
Salvatore Morale
Italian hurdler (born 1938)
Salvatore "Tito" Morale (born 4 November 1938 in Teolo, Padua) is an Italian athlete who mainly competed in the 400-metre hurdles.
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Nickname | Tito | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1938-11-04) 4 November 1938 (age 85) Teolo, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 400 metres hurdles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Libertas Magrini Bergamo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He won five medals, at the senior level, at the International athletics competitions.[1]
He competed for Italy in the 400-metre hurdles at the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, where he won the bronze medal. In 1962 in the European Championships Morale won the gold medal in the 400 metres hurdles and equalled the world record of Glenn Davis. He has 22 caps in the national team from 1956 to 1964.[2]
- 400 metres hurdles: 49.2 (Belgrade, 14 September 1962), holder till 13 October 1968.[3]
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Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Performance | Notes |
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1960 | Olympic Games | Rome | SF | 400 metres hurdles | 51.3 | |
1964 | Olympic Games | Tokyo | 3rd | 400 metres hurdles | 50.1 | |
Heat | 4 x 400 metres relay | 3:07.6 |
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Salvatore Morale has won 4 times consecutively the individual national championship.[4]
- 4 wins in the 400 metres hurdles (1957, 1958, 1960, 1961)
- "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - UOMINI" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
- "European Record Progression, men 400m hurdles". athletix.org. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
- ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
- Salvatore Morale at World Athletics
- Salvatore Morale at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Salvatore Morale at Olympics.com
- Salvatore Morale at Olympedia
- Salvatore Morale at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)