Sergio Bello

Sergio Bello
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	6 May 1942 (age 81); Intra, Italy
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	400 metres
Club	Snia Milan
Achievements and titles
Personal best	400 metres: 46"53 (1968)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Italy
European Championships
European Indoor Championships
Universiade
Mediterranean Games

Sergio Bello (born 6 May 1942) is an Italian former sprinter, third with the 4x400 metres relay at the 1971 European Athletics Championships. He was born in Intra.

Biography[edit]

Bello has 45 caps in Italy national athletics team (from 1961 to 1972).^[1] In his career, he participated in three editions of the Olympic Games and won the Italian Athletics Championships 6 times.

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Performance	Notes
1963	Universiade	Porto Alegre	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3'13"8	^[2]
1965	Universiade	Budapest	1st	400 metres	46"8	^[3]
1965	Universiade	Budapest	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3'08"5	^[2]
1966	European Indoor Games	Dortmund	2nd	Medley relay	3'22"2
1967	Mediterranean Games	Tunis	1st	400 metres	47"7	^[4]
	Mediterranean Games	Tunis	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3'12"6	^[2]
	Universiade	Tokyo	3rd	400 metres	46"7	^[3]
1968	Olympic Games	Mexico City	7th	4 × 400 m relay	3'04"6
1971	Mediterranean Games	Izmir	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3'07"5	^[2]
1971	European Championships	Helsinki	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3'04"60

5 wins in 400 metres at the Italian Athletics Championships (1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969)^[5]
1 win in 400 metres hurdles at the Italian Athletics Championships (1970)^[5]

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 al 2008" (PDF) (in Italian). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
^ ^a ^b "WORLD STUDENT GAMES (UNIVERSIADE - MEN)". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
^ "MEDITERRANEAN GAMES". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
^ ^a ^b "ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 14 April 2012.