Abdon Pamich

Abdon Pamich

Pamich in 1964
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1933-10-03) October 3, 1933 (age 83) Fiume, Italy (now Rijeka, Croatia)
Residence	Genoa, Italy
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Race walking
Club	Amatori Esso Club Genova Esso Roma
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	20 km – 1:28:06 (1964) 50 km – 4:03:02 (1960)
Medal record Representing  Italy Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo 50 km 1960 Rome 50 km European Championships 1962 Belgrade 50 km 1966 Budapest 50 km 1958 Stockholm 50 km Mediterranean Games 1955 Barcelona 50 km 1963 Naples 50 km 1971 Izmir 50 km World Race Walking Cup 1961 Lugano 50 km 1965 Pescara 50 km

Abdon Pamich (born 3 October 1933) is a former Italian race walker. He competed in the 50 km event at the 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1960 and a gold in 1964. Pamich was the Olympics flag bearer for Italy in 1972.

Pamich was born in Fiume (Rijeka, present-day Croatia) in 1933, at that time the city was under Italian jurisdiction. On 16 October 1960 he set a world record over 50 km at 4:03:02 in Ponte San Pietro. Later he was inducted into the FIDAL Hall of Fame.

Pamich won 40 national championships:

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