Abdon Pamich

Abdon Pamich
	Pamich competing in the 1960s
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	3 October 1933 (age 92); Fiume, Kingdom of Italy; (now Rijeka, Croatia)
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Race walking
Club	Associazione Amatori Atletica; Esso Club Genova; Esso Roma
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	20 km – 1:28:06 (1964); 50 km – 4:03:02 (1960)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Italy
Olympic Games
European Championships
Mediterranean Games
World Race Walking Cup

Pamich posing among some of his trophies. Genoa, May 1964.

Abdon Pamich (Italian pronunciation: [ˈabdom ˈpaːmitʃ]; born 3 October 1933) is a former Italian race walker.

Early life

Pamich was born in Fiume (present-day Rijeka, Croatia) on 3 October 1933, when the city was under Italian jurisdiction.^[2] Together with his older brother, he left Rijeka for Italy on 24 September 1947, joining his father who had emigrated earlier and settling in Genoa.^[3]

Career

Pamich competed in the race walking event at the 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics, winning a bronze medal in 1960 and a gold in 1964.^[1] Pamich was the Olympic flag bearer for Italy in 1972.

On 16 October 1960, Pamich set a world record over 50 km at 4:03:02 in Ponte San Pietro.

Pamich was European champion in 1962 and 1966 and gold at the Mediterranean Games in 1959, 1963 and 1971.^[3]

He was later inducted into the FIDAL Hall of Fame.^[4]

Achievements

Year	Venue	Position	Event	Time	Notes
Olympic Games
1956	Melbourne	11th	20 km	1:36:03
4th	50 km	4:39:00
1960	Rome	3rd	50 km	4:27:55
1964	Tokyo	1st	50 km	4:11:12	OR
1968	Mexico City	DNF	50 km	DSQ
1972	Munich	DNF	50 km	DSQ

National titles

Pamich won 40 national championships:^[5]

13 in the 10 km walk (1956 and 12 times consecutively from 1958 to 1969)
13 in the 20 km walk (12 times consecutively from 1958 to 1969 and 1971)
14 in the 50 km walk (consecutively from 1955 to 1969)

References

1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Abdon Pamich". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
↑ "Cerchi Azzurri: Abdon Pamich, la scheda" (in Italian). olimpiadi.blogosfere.it. Archived from the original on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
1 2 "Mulac s Brajde koji je pobjegao iz Rijeke 1947. Postao sportska legenda". 12 December 2017.
↑ Abdon Pamich. fidal.it
↑ ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2013.

External links

Abdon Pamich at the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian)
Abdon Pamich at World Athletics

Abdon Pamich at Tilastopaja (registration required)

Abdon Pamich at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)

Abdon Pamich at Olympics.com

Abdon Pamich at Olympedia

Abdon Pamich at InterSportStats

[sr-1] 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Abdon Pamich". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.

[2] "Cerchi Azzurri: Abdon Pamich, la scheda" (in Italian). olimpiadi.blogosfere.it. Archived from the original on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2012.

[novilist.hr-3] 1 2 "Mulac s Brajde koji je pobjegao iz Rijeke 1947. Postao sportska legenda". 12 December 2017.

[4] Abdon Pamich. fidal.it

[5] ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2013.

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