Abdon Pamich | |
Nationality: | Italian |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | Race walking |
Club: | Associazione Amatori Atletica Esso Club Genova Esso Roma |
Birth Date: | 1933 10, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Fiume, Italy |
Residence: | Genoa, Italy |
Height: | 1.84 m |
Weight: | 72 kg |
Pb: | 20 km – 1:28:06 (1964) 50 km – 4:03:02 (1960) |
Country: | Italy |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Abdon Pamich (born 3 October 1933) is a former Italian race walker. He competed in the race walking 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.
Pamich was born in Fiume (Rijeka, present-day Croatia) on 3 October 1933, at that time the city was under Italian jurisdiction.[2] He left Rijeka for Italy, with his older brother, on 24 September 1947 and joined his father who had emigrated earlier.[3]
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.[4]
Olympic Games | |||||||||
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time | Notes | |||
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1956 | align=left | Olympic Games | align=left | Melbourne | 11th | 20 km | 1:36:03 | ||
1956 | align=left | Olympic Games | align=left | Melbourne | 4th | 50 km | 4:39:00 | ||
1960 | align=left | Olympic Games | align=left | Rome | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | 50 km | 4:27:55 | |
1964 | align=left | align=left | Tokyo | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 50 km | 4:11:12 | ||
1968 | align=left | align=left | Mexico City | 50 km | DSQ | ||||
1972 | Olympic Games | Munich | 50 km | DSQ |
European champion in 1961 and 1966 and gold at Mediterranean Games in 1958, 1963 and 1971.[3]
Pamich won 40 national championships:[5]