Giovanni Perricelli
Giovanni Perricelli ( born August 25, 1967 in Milan ) is an Italian former touring.
Internationally, he appeared primarily on the 50 - kilometer distance in appearance. In the 1988 Olympics he finished in eleventh place at the European Championships in 1990 to seventh place at the World Cup of 1991 tourers fifth place at the World Athletics Championships 1993 the thirteenth place. 1992 at the Olympic Games in Barcelona, he did not reach the target.
His first international medal success achieved Perricelli at the European Championships in Helsinki in 1994. Add a personal best of 3:43:55 h he took there over 50 km of the bronze medal behind Valeri Spizyn and Thierry Toutain.
The greatest success of his career celebrated Perricelli at the World Athletics Championships in Gothenburg in 1995. There, he won the 50 km in 3:45:11 h the silver medal behind Valentin Kononen and before Robert Korzeniowski.
1996 Perricelli was at the Olympic Games in Atlanta Thirteenth in a 50 km Walk and 20 km Walk in the Sixteenth. At the World Athletics Championships in 1997, he took over 50 km of the fourteenth rank. However, he had to retire the race at the IAAF World Athletics Championships at the Olympic Games in 1999 and 2000.
Giovanni Perricelli is 1,70 m tall and had a competition weight of 57 kg. He started for the GS Fiamme Azzurre.