Abdon Pamich

Abdon Pamich

Abdon Pamich in 1964
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	October 3, 1933 Fiume, Italy (now Rijeka, Croatia)
Residence	Genoa, Italy
Height	1.84 m (6 ft ^1⁄2 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Race walking
Club	Amatori Esso Club Genova Esso Roma
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	20 km – 1:28:06 (1964) 50 km – 4:03:02 (1960)[1]
Medal record Competitor for  Italy Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo 50 km 1960 Rome 50 km European Championships 1962 Belgrade 50 km 1966 Budapest 50 km 1958 Stockholm 50 km Mediterranean Games 1955 Barcelona 50 km 1963 Naples 50 km 1971 Izmir 50 km World Race Walking Cup 1961 Lugano 50 km 1965 Pescara 50 km

Abdon Pamich (born 3 October 1933) is a former Italian race walker. He competed in the 50 km event at the 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1960 and a gold in 1964.^[1] Pamich was the Olympics flag bearer for Italy in 1972.

Biography

Pamich was born in Fiume (Rijeka, present-day Croatia) in 1933, at that time the city was under Italian jurisdiction.^[2] On 16 October 1960 he set a world record over 50 km at 4:03:02 in Ponte San Pietro. Later he was inducted into the FIDAL Hall of Fame.^[3]

National championships

Pamich won 40 national championships:^[4]

• 13 in the 10 km walk (1956 and 12 times consecutively from 1958 to 1969)
• 13 in the 20 km walk (12 times consecutively from 1958 to 1969 and 1971)
• 14 in the 50 km walk (consecutively from 1955 to 1969)

See also

• List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games
• Italian Athletics Championships - Multi winners

References

1. Abdon Pamich at Sports Reference
2. "Cerchi Azzurri: Abdon Pamich, la scheda" (in Italian). olimpiadi.blogosfere.it. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
3. Abdon Pamich. fidal.it
4. ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 9 February 2013.