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Sprinter
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4 March 1944(Pieve di Cento)
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Biography
Introduction
Donata Govoni (born 4 March 1944) is a former Italian sprinter and middle distance runner.
Biography
Govoni began her career as a 100–200 m sprinter and then moved progressively to 400 metres and 800 metres. From 1961 to 1972 she took part in 49 international competitions, including the 1968 and 1972 Olympics.
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Performance | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Olympic Games |  Mexico City | Heat | 400 metres | 54.7 | |
| 1970 | European Cup |  Bucharest | 3rd | 400 metres | 53.2  | |
| 1972 | Olympic Games |  Munich | QF | 400 metres | 53.78 |
National championships
Donata Govoni has won 25 times the individual national championship from 1961 to 1975. In Italy only two women did better: Agnese Maffeis (38) and Marisa Masullo (30).
| Event | Wins | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres | 7 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||
| 200 metres | 5 | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||
| 400 metres | 7 | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||
| 800 metres | 2 | • | • | |||||||||||||
| 400 metres indoor | 2 | • | • | |||||||||||||
| 800 metres indoor | 2 | • | • |