Pietro Mennea

Quick Facts

Full Name	Pietro Mennea
Occupation	Sprinter
Date Of Birth	Jun 28, 1952(1952-06-28)
Age	72
Date Of Death	March 21, 2013, Rome, Italy
Birthplace	Barletta
Country	Italy
Birth City	Apulia
Horoscope	Cancer

Pietro Mennea Biography

Pietro Mennea is one of the most popular and richest Sprinter who was born on June 28, 1952 in Barletta, Apulia, Italy.

Mennea, who was born in Barletta, started his long international athletic career in 1968 when he took part in a junior race in Termoli and he was registered in AVIS Barletta club; in 1971, he won the first of his 14 Italian outdoor titles in the 100 and 200 m. He went on to win two indoor titles in 60 m and 400 m, along with five Mediterranean Games gold medals in 100 m and 200 m. He competed at the European Championships with a third place in the 4 × 100 m relay. He made his Olympic debut at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, where he made the final of the 200 m, his strongest event. He finished in third place, behind Valeri Borzov and Larry Black. Three more consecutive Olympic 200 metre finals would follow later in his career, the longest roe ever in this event.

At the 1974 European Championships, Mennea claimed the 200 m gold in front of his home crowd in Rome, while also placing second behind Borzov in the 100 m and the 4 × 100 m. After some poor performances in the 1976 Olympic season, Mennea decided to skip the Olympics, but when the Italian public protested Mennea went to Montreal. He finished fourth in the 200 m and sixth in the 4 × 100 m relay.

Pietro Mennea Net Worth

Pietro Mennea is one of the richest Sprinter from Italy. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Pietro Mennea 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Pietro Paolo Mennea (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpjɛːtro menˈnɛːa] ; 28 June 1952 – 21 March 2013) was an Italian sprinter and politician. He was most successful in the 200 m event, in which he won a gold medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympics and set a world record at 19.72 seconds in September 1979. This record stood for almost 17 years – the longest duration in the event history – and is still listed as the European record.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Pietro Mennea height 5 ft 11 in Prakash weight 73 kg (161 lb) & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Pietro Mennea Dating?

According to our records, Pietro Mennea married to Manuela Oliveri. As of December 1, 2023, Pietro Mennea’s is not dating anyone.

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Mennea admitted that he had used human growth hormone once during the last year of his career. In an interview to an Italian newspaper in 1987 he told that in 1984, during the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, an American physiotherapist proposed a doping treatment to him. Back in Italy he tried two injections of human growth hormone but the crisis of conscience he got was so important that it induced him to retire from activity: “I realized that in my life I was looking for everything, except for that.” Although the usage of the substance is banned in modern-day competition, it was not banned at the time by the IAAF.

Facts & Trivia

Prakash Ranked on the list of most popular Sprinter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Italy. Pietro Mennea celebrates birthday on June 28 of every year.

Mennea died on 21 March 2013, in a Rome hospital from pancreatic cancer. He was sixty years old. On the day of his death, the Italian Railways announced that the new superfast train Frecciarossa ETR 1000, entering service in 2014, would carry his name.