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3 unusual facts about Sandro Calvesi


Sandro Calvesi

Ottoz set the Italian national record in the 110 metres hurdles while winning the bronze medal at the 1968 Olympics and was the dominant European hurdler of the 1960s.

He was also the first coach of French Olympic champion Guy Drut, winner at the subsequent 1972 Olympics.

Married to 1936 and 1948 Olympian Gabre Gabric, among the people he coached was the Italian hurdler Eddy Ottoz, after became his son-in-law, married to his daughter Lyana Calvesi.



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