event club birth_place weight height pb sport birth_date image article_title
3000 m steeplechase cus roma rome , italy 64 kg lb on 1.74 m ftin on 8:33.8 -lrb- 1970 -rrb- athletics yes 31 december 1940 umberto risi 1968.jpg umberto risi

umberto risi

umberto risi -lrb- born 31 december 1940 -rrb- is a retired italian steeplechase runner .
he competed at the 1968 summer olympics but failed to reach the final .
risi won a bronze medal at the 1971 mediterranean games .
his personal best for the steeplechase was 8:33.8 minutes , set in 1970 .
risi ran for italy at the 1970 international cross country championships but failed to finish .
he was later selected for the 1973 iaaf world cross country championships , but again did not finish .
he was twice a competitor at the european athletics championships -lrb- 1969 and 1971 -rrb- , but did not progress beyond the steeplechase heats of either competition .
he was a two-time italian national champion in the steeplechase , winning in 1969 and 1970 .
