# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pietro-mennea
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:55:26.903Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pietro-mennea"
name: "Pietro Mennea"
slug: "pietro-mennea"
description: "Pietro Paolo Mennea, nicknamed la Freccia del Sud, was an Italian sprinter and politician. He was most successful in the 200 m event, winning a gold medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, and setting 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 the European record. He is the only male sprinter who has qualified at four consecutive 200 metres Olympic finals: from 1972 to 1984."
tagline: "Italian sprinter and politician (1952–2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pietro_Mennea_1972.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IT"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1952-06-28"
deathDate: "2013-03-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
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  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 198
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump