Ugo Frigerio

Ugo Frigerio, born on 16 September 1901, was an Italian race walker who competed in four events at the 1920, 1924 and 1932 Olympics, ranging from 3 to 50 kilometres, and won three gold medals and one bronze. He carried the Italian flag at the Olympics in 1924 and 1932. He won nine national race walking titles, in the 3 kilometres, the 10 kilometres and the one hour walk, and the British AAA Championships title in the 2 miles walk in 1922. He semi-retired when race walking was left out of the 1928 Games, resumed training in 1931 for the 1932 Games, where the only walking event was the 50 kilometres, won a bronze medal there and retired for good to become a sports administrator. In 1934 he wrote an autobiography titled Marciando nel nome dell'Italia, meaning Walking in the Name of Italy. He died on 7 July 1968.