Ivano Brugnetti

Ivano Brugnetti

Ivano Brugnetti in 2004
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1976-09-01) 1 September 1976 (age 48) Milan, Italy
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	Racewalking
Club	G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	20 km: 1:19.36 (2007) 50 km: 3:47.54 (1999)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 0 0 World Championships 1 0 0 Mediterranean Games 1 0 0 European Race Walking Cup 0 2 0

Ivano Brugnetti (born 1 September 1976 in Milan) is an Italian former race walker.

Brugnetti won five medals, at individual level, in international athletics competitions.^[1] He participated at three editions of the Summer Olympics (2000, 2004, and 2008) and earned 22 caps in the national team from 1997 to 2008.^[2]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Italy
1999	World Race Walking Cup	Mézidon-Canon, France	26th	50 km	3:51:45
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	1st	50 km	3:47:54
2000	European Race Walking Cup	Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany	—	50 km	DNF
	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	—	50 km	DNF
2001	Mediterranean Games	Tunis, Tunisia	7th	20 km	1:33:03
2002	World Race Walking Cup	Turin, Italy	—	50 km	DNF
2003	European Race Walking Cup	Cheboksary, Russia	—	50 km	DNF
2004	World Race Walking Cup	Naumburg, Germany	6th	20 km	1:20:06
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	1st	20 km	1:19:40
2005	European Race Walking Cup	Miskolc, Hungary	—	20 km	DQ
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	—	20 km	DNF
2006	World Race Walking Cup	A Coruña, Spain	15th	20 km	1:21:47
	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	17th	20 km	1:27:42
2007	European Race Walking Cup	Leamington Spa, Great Britain	2nd	20 km	1:19:36
			2nd	Team - 20 km	32 pts
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	—	20 km	DSQ
2008	World Race Walking Cup	Cheboksary, Russia	16th	20 km	1:21:19
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	5th	20 km	1:19:51
2009	European Race Walking Cup	Metz, France	2nd	20 km	1:24:54
			1st	Team - 20 km	6 pts
	Mediterranean Games	Pescara, Italy	1st	20 km	1:22:33
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	—	20 km	DNF
2010	World Race Walking Cup	Chihuahua, México	11th	20 km	1:24:29
	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	—	20 km	DNF

Brugnetti is a seven-time winner at the Italian Athletics Championships.^[3][4]

• 4 wins in the 10,000 m walk (1999, 2006, 2008, 2009)
• 2 wins in the 20 km walk (2003, 2004)
• 1 win in the 5000 metres walk indoor (2001)

• FIDAL Hall of Fame
• Italy at the European Race Walking Cup - Multiple medalists
• Italian all-time lists - 20 km walk
• Italian all-time lists - 50 km walk

• Ivano Brugnetti at World Athletics
• Ivano Brugnetti at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)