Giuseppe Ferrera

Giuseppe Ferrera (1 August 1905-25 April 1964) was an Italian long-distance runner from Baio Dora, at the time an independent municipality and later a village of Borgofranco d'Ivrea near Turin. He won many local competitions and finished second in the marathon at the 1927 Italian athletics championships in Turin, in 2:53:14. In 1928 he won both pre-Olympic tests in Bologna, over 32 and 37 kilometres, which qualified him for the Amsterdam Games. He competed in the marathon at the 1928 Summer Olympics, where he was the only one of four Italian starters to finish, in 34th place. A sports area in his native Baio Dora was named after him.