Pasqualino Abeti

Pasqualino Abeti

Abeti circa 1970
Personal information
National team	Italy
Born	(1948-04-02)2 April 1948 Correggio, Italy
Died	24 February 2024(2024-02-24) (aged 75) Correggio, Italy
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best	200 m: 20.7 (1972)

Pasqualino Abeti (2 April 1948 – 24 February 2024) was an Italian sprinter who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.^[1] He was part of the Italian 4 × 100 m relay team that won the gold medal at the 1971 Mediterranean Games.

Abeti died on 24 February 2024, at the age of 75.^[2]

Biography

In the "Pietro Mennea era", Pasqualino Abeti won three national titles in the 100 and 200 m events, in 1969 and 1975.^[3]

National titles

He won 7 national championships.

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • 100 metres: 1969, 1975
  • 200 metres: 1969, 1975
• Italian Athletics Indoor Championships
  • 60 metres: 1970
  • 200 metres: 1980
  • 400 metres: 1973

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Pasqualino Abeti". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
2. Morto l’ex velocista Pasqualino Abeti, olimpionico a Monaco e primatista mondiale con Mennea (in Italian)
3. "Campionati "Absoluti" italiani sul Podio Tricolore – 1906 2012" [Championship "Absolute" Italians on the Tricolore Podium 1906 2012] (PDF). sportolimpico.it (in Italian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2012.

External links

• Pasqualino Abeti at World Athletics
• Pasqualino Abeti at Olympedia
• Pasqualino Abeti at the CONI honored athlete website (in Italian)