Alberto Triulzi

Argentine hurdler and sprinter
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroArgentine hurdler and sprinter
PlacesArgentina
wasAthlete Hurdler Runner Sprinter
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth6 January 1928, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Death26 October 1968 (aged 40 years)
Star signCapricorn
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Biography

Alberto Ubaldo Triulzi Orozco (6 January 1928 – 9 September 1968) was an Argentine track and field athlete who specialised in hurdling and sprinting events. He competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics in the 110 m hurdles, where he finished fourth.| Wife Carmen Mora de Triulzi | Children Alberto Victonico Triulzi Mora, Carmen Elena Triulzi Mora, Bettina Triulzi Mora

Born in Buenos Aires, he was a three-time continental champion at the South American Championships in Athletics, winning a 200 metres/110 metres hurdles double in 1947 before taking a gold and bronze at the 1949 event. He broke the world junior record for the 110 m hurdles in his early career.

He was ranked eighth in a 1999 Confederación Argentina de Atletismo poll for the male Argentine athlete of the century.

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