Armando Filiput

Armando Filiput ( born December 19, 1923 in Ronchi dei Legionari, † March 30, 1982 ) was an Italian athlete. At a height of 1.84 m his competition weight was 80 kg.

Career

Armando Filiput had back in 1942 but then fed a strong season with a personal best of 54.9 s in the 400 - meter hurdles and his first title on this track was.

In 1946 he was again Italian masters. From 1949 to 1954, followed by six more titles.

The internationally successful season for Armando Filiput was the year 1950. At the European Championships in Brussels in 1950, he won national record of 51.9 s gold over 400 meters hurdles before Yuri Litujew from the Soviet Union. The Italian 4 x 400 - meter relay in the cast Baldassare Porto, Filiput, Luigi and Antonio Siddi Paterlini presented with 3:11,0 min also a national record, winning silver behind the British squadron. On 8 October 1950 he presented in Milan with 51.9 s over 440 - yards hurdles set a new world record.

In the following years Filiput not reached the form of 1950. At the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki took Filiput in 54.4 s sixth place in the final hurdle after he had run in the semifinal 53.0 s. With the season he did not reach the final. 1954 at the European Championships in Berne in 1954, he missed with 52.3 s fifth of his semi-final the finals significantly.