MM-kisat, 1983 World Championships / MM-kisat 1983; the website is www.yle.fi/elavaarkisto/). In the 1984 Olympics 10,000-metre final, Finland's Martti Vainio picked up the speed shortly before the 6 kilometre mark (see, for instance, The Great Olympic Book / Suuri Olympiateos, volume 4, published in Finland in 1984). Achievements National titles He won fourteen national championships at senior level. Italian Athletics Championships 5000 m: 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985 (4) 10,000 m: 1981, 1982 (2) Italian Athletics Indoor Championships 3000 m: 1982, 1983, 1984 (3) Italian Cross Country Championships Long race: 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 (5) See also FIDAL Hall of Fame Italy national athletics team - Multiple medalist Italian all-time lists - 5000 metres Italian all-time lists - 10000 metres Notes References External links 1958 births Living people Sportspeople from the Province of Como Olympic athletes of Italy Olympic gold medalists for Italy Italian male cross country runners Italian male long-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists European athletics champions for Italy Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics World Athletics Championships winners