Orlando Pizzolato

Personal information

Nationality

Born

July 30, 1958
Thiene, Italy

Height

1.79 m (5 ft 10 ¹⁄₂ in)

Weight

61 kg (134 lb)

Sport

Country

Sport

Event(s)

Club

CUS Universo Ferrera

Achievements and titles

Personal best(s)

Medal record

Orlando Pizzolato (born July 30, 1958) is a retired long-distance runner from Italy.

Biography

He represented his native country in the men's marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics, finishing in 16th place (2:15:20). His biggest success was twice winning the New York City Marathon (1984 and 1985), and the silver medal in the men's marathon at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart, West Germany.

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
1984	New York City Marathon	New York, United States	1st	2:14:53
1985	New York City Marathon	New York, United States	1st	2:11:34
1986	European Championships	Stuttgart, West Germany	2nd	2:10:57
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	7th	2:14:03
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	16th	2:15:20
1988	Venice Marathon	Venice, Italy	1st	2:15:24

New York City Marathon – men's winners

1970: Gary Muhrcke (USA) 1971: Norman Higgins (USA) 1972: Sheldon Karlin (USA) 1973: Tom Fleming (USA) 1974: Norbert Sander (USA) 1975: Tom Fleming (USA) 1976-79: Bill Rodgers (USA) 1980-82: Alberto Salazar (USA) 1983: Rod Dixon (NZL) 1984-85: Orlando Pizzolato (ITA) 1986: Gianni Poli (ITA) 1987: Ibrahim Hussein (KEN) 1988: Steve Jones (GBR) 1989: Juma Ikangaa (TAN) 1990: Douglas Wakiihuri (KEN) 1991: Salvador García (MEX) 1992: Willie Mtolo (RSA) 1993: Andrés Espinosa (MEX) 1994-95: Germán Silva (MEX) 1996: Giacomo Leone (ITA) 1997-98: John Kagwe (KEN) 1999: Joseph Chebet (KEN) 2000: Abdelkader El Mouaziz (MAR) 2001: Tesfaye Jifar (ETH) 2002: Rodgers Rop (KEN) 2003: Martin Lel (KEN) 2004: Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2005: Paul Tergat (KEN) 2006: Marílson Gomes dos Santos (BRA) 2007: Martin Lel (KEN) 2008: Marílson Gomes dos Santos (BRA) 2009: Meb Keflezighi (USA) 2010: Gebregziabher Gebremariam (ETH) 2011: Geoffrey Mutai (KEN) 2012: Marathon canceled 2013: Geoffrey Mutai (KEN) 2014: Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich (KEN) 2015: Stanley Biwott (KEN)

World Marathon Majors Berlin Marathon – List (M/W) Boston Marathon – List (M/W) Chicago Marathon – List (M/W) London Marathon – List (M/W) New York City Marathon – List (M/W) Tokyo Marathon – List (M/W)

Summer Universiade champions in men's road running

1981-1995 Marathon	1981: Ivan Kovalchuk (URS) 1983: Alessio Faustini (ITA) 1985: Orlando Pizzolato (ITA) 1987: Takahiro Izumi (JPN) 1989: Tibor Baier (HUN) 1991: Wang Yung-Jo (KOR) 1993: Kennedy Manyisa (KEN) 1995: Takaki Morikawa (JPN)

1997-present Half marathon	1997–1999: Marílson Gomes dos Santos (BRA) 2001: Masakazu Fujiwara (JPN) 2003: Abdellah Bay (MAR) 2005: Wilson Busienei (UGA) 2007: Mohamed Fadil (MAR) 2009: Zhao Ran (CHN) 2011: Ahmed Tamri (MAR) 2013: Sibabalwe Gladwin Mzazi (RSA) 2015: Yusuke Ogura (JPN)

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