Sergio Bello

Sergio Bello

Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	May 6, 1942 Intra, Italy
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	70 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	400 metres
Club	Snia Milan
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	400 metres: 46"53 (1968)
Medal record Men's athletics Competitor for  Italy European Championships 1971 Helsinki 4x400 relay European Indoor Championships 1966 Dortmund Medley relay Universiade 1965 Budapest 400 metres 1965 Budapest 4x400 relay 1963 Porto Alegre 4x400 relay 1967 Tokyo 400 metres Mediterranean Games 1967 Tunis 400 metres 1967 Tunis 4x400 relay 1971 Izmir 4x400 relay

Sergio Bello (born 6 May 1942) is an Italian former sprinter, third with the 4x400 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	Porto Alegre	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3'13"8	[2]
1965	Universiade	Budapest	1st	400 metres	46"8	[3]
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3'08"5	[2]
1966	European Indoor Games	Dortmund	2nd	Medley relay	3'22"2
1967	Mediterranean Games	Tunis	1st	400 metres	47"7	[4]
			1st	4 × 400 m relay	3'12"6	[2]
	Universiade	Tokyo	3rd	400 metres	46"7	[3]
1968	Olympic Games	Mexico City	7th	4 × 400 m relay	3'04"6
1971	Mediterranean Games	Izmir	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3'07"5	[2]
	European Championships	Helsinki	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3'04"60

National championships

• 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 Indoor Championships (1970)^[6]

See also

• Italy national athletics team - More caps
• Italy national relay team

References

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

External links

• Sergio Bello at Sports Reference