Maurizio Damilano

Damilano won the 1980 Olympic 20km in Moscow and then two world titles, in 1987 and 1991, the second at 34. His walking was admired for its legality and economy, a clean action that kept him out of trouble with the judges through more than a decade at the top. With Olympic bronze in 1984 and 1988 as well, he anchors Italy's long and proud race walking tradition.