Massimo Magnani

Massimo Magnani

Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1951-10-04) 4 October 1951 Ferrara, Italy
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	Marathon
Club	CUS Universo Ferrara
Coached by	Gianpaolo Lenzi
Achievements and titles
Personal best	Marathon: 2:11.02 (1985)
Medal record European Marathon Cup 1981 Agen Team Marathon

Massimo Magnani (born 4 October 1951 in Ferrara) is a former Italian marathon runner.

He has the Italian best performance of the 30 km, established in 1982.

Biography

Massimo Magnani participated at two edition of the Summer Olympics (1976 and 1980), he has 10 caps in national team from 1974 to 1985. He was technic commissioner of the Italy national athletics team till 2016.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Performance	Note
1976	Olympic Games	Montreal	13th	Marathon	2:16:56
1977	Fukuoka Marathon	Fukuoka	3rd	Fukuoka Marathon	2:13:04
1978	Italian Athletics Championships	Rome	1st	Italian Athletics Championships	2:16:46
	European Athletics Championships	Prague	6th	European Athletics Championships	2:12:45
1980	Olympic Games	Moscow	8th	Marathon	2:13:12
1981	European Marathon Cup	Agen	1st	European Marathon Cup	2:13:29
1982	Italian Athletics Championships	Rome	2nd	Italian Athletics Championships	2:11:28
1983	Milano Internazionale	Milan	2nd	Marathon	2:15:03
1984	Houston Marathon	Houston	2nd	Houston Marathon	2:11:54
	San Francisco Marathon	San Francisco	3rd	San Francisco Marathon	2:13:44
1985	1985 World Marathon Cup	Hiroshima	9th	1985 World Marathon Cup	2:11:02

National titles

Massimo Magnani has won 3 times the individual national championship.

• 2 wins in half marathon (1978, 1981)
• 1 win in marathon (1978)

See also

• Italian records in athletics

External links

• Massimo Magnani at World Athletics
• Massimo Magnani at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
• Massimo Magnani at Olympics.com
• Massimo Magnani at Olympedia