Ivano Brugnetti

Ivano Brugnetti ( born September 1, 1976 in Milan ) is an Italian mountaineers and Olympic champion.

Brugnetti first drew attention to himself at the IAAF 1999 World Championships in Seville. There he increased over 50 - kilometer walk his personal best to 3:47:54 hours and was initially behind the Russian German Skurygin second. About two years after the World Championships of the International Association of Athletics Federations IAAF announced in November 2001 announced that the banned substances gonadotropin was detected in a urine sample of the Russians. Skurigin was the gold medal from Seville stripped and Brugnetti subsequently declared a world champion.

His second title won Brugnetti at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. At temperatures of almost 40 degrees Celsius, he sat down on 20 August 2004 in the 20 - kilometer walk surprisingly against all competitors through and sent the European Champion and Vice World Champion Francisco Javier Fernández from Spain to second place.

Ivano Brugnetti has a competition weight of 62 kg at a height of 1.75 m.