Dorando Pietri

Dorando Pietri
	Pietri holding the gilded silver cup from Queen Alexandra in 1908
Personal information
Born	16 October 1885; Correggio, Italy
Died	7 February 1942 (aged 56); Sanremo, Italy
Height	1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Long-distance running
Club	La Patria Carpi
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	1500 m: 4:11.0 (1905); 5000 m: 16:08.1 (1905); 10000 m: 32:18.0 (1910); Marathon: 2:38:49 (1910) ;

Dorando Pietri (Italian pronunciation: [doˈrando ˈpjɛːtri]; often wrongly spelt Petri; 16 October 1885 – 7 February 1942) was an Italian long-distance runner. He finished first in the marathon at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London but was subsequently disqualified.

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