Giuseppe Cindolo

Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1945-08-05) 5 August 1945 (age 78) Avellino, Italy
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	Long distance running
Club	Alco Rieti
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	10000 m: 28'27"05 (1974) Marathon: 2h11'45" (1975)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Italy European Championships 1974 Rome 10000 m Universiade 1970 Turin 5000 m Mediterranean Games 1967 Tunis 5000 m 1971 Izmir 10000 m

Giuseppe "Pippo" Cindolo (born 5 August 1945) is an Italian former long-distance runner, third at the 1974 European Athletics Championships on 10000 metres. He was born in Avellino.

Biography

Cindolo has 48 caps in Italy national athletics team (from 1966 to 1976).^[1] In his career he participated in two editions of the Olympic Games and won the Italian Athletics Championships 14 times.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Performance	Notes
1967	Mediterranean Games	Tunis	3rd	5000 metres	14'05"0	[2]
1970	Universiade	Turin	3rd	5000 metres	14'01"4	[3]
1971	Mediterranean Games	Izmir	3rd	10000 metres	28'59"0	[2]
1974	European Championships	Rome	3rd	10000 metres	28'27"05

National titles

Cindolo won the Italian Athletics Championships 14 times: 13 outdoor^[4] and one indoor.^[5]

Outdoor

• 2 wins in 5000 metres (1974, 1975)
• 7 wins in 10000 metres (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975)
• 3 wins in Marathon (1974, 1975, 1976)
• 1 win in Half marathon (1974)
• 1 win in Cross (1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969)

Indoor

• 1 win in 3000 metres (1971)