Baldassare Porto

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games • Non-starter
SexMale
Full nameBaldassare•Porto
Used nameBaldassare•Porto
Born19 January 1923 in Catania, Catania (ITA)
Died30 November 2013 in Catania, Catania (ITA)
AffiliationsATA
NOC Italy

Biography

Baldassare Porto was an Italian sprinter best known for running the opening leg for Italy’s 4x400 relay team for years. This brought him silver medals in that event at the 1950 European Championships and the 1955 Mediterranean Games. Porto was Italian Champion in the 400 in 1950. He was capped 14 times for Italy.

Personal Bests: 100 – 10.7 (1949); 400 – 47.8 (1950).

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1948 Summer Olympics Athletics ITA Baldassare Porto
4 × 400 metres Relay, Men (Olympic) Italy DNS
1952 Summer Olympics Athletics ITA Baldassare Porto
4 × 400 metres Relay, Men (Olympic) Italy 4 h2 r1/2

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