Riccardo Materazzi
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Riccardo Materazzi is a retired male middle distance runner
from Italy
. He competed for his home country at the 1984 Summer Olympics
in Los Angeles, California
. Materazzi won the silver medal in the men's 1,500 metres at the 1984 European Indoor Championships
in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Running
Running is a means of terrestrial locomotion allowing humans and other animals to move rapidly on foot. It is simply defined in athletics terms as a gait in which at regular points during the running cycle both feet are off the ground...
from Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. He competed for his home country at the 1984 Summer Olympics
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...
in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
. Materazzi won the silver medal in the men's 1,500 metres at the 1984 European Indoor Championships
1984 European Indoor Championships in Athletics
The 15th European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in Gothenburg, a city in Sweden, in 1984.-Track:-Field:-Medal table:-External links:* at GBRathletics.com* at GBRathletics.com*...
in Gothenburg, Sweden.