Gustavo Pallicca (4 January 1936 – 20 July 2023) was an Italian writer and athletics starter.
Biography In his career as a writer Pallicca published twelve books, mostly about sport.
He died in Florence on 20 July 2023, at the age of 87.
Books Ai vostri posti, pronti, via (On your marks, get set, go), FIDAL 1996 Arturo Maffei: un salto...lungo una vita (Arturo Maffei, a jump...long a lifetime), Capezzano Pianore, Grafics 1999 A world history of sprint racing: the stellar events: 100 m, 200 m and 4x100 m relay: men and women (1850–2005),Book commissioned by the IAAF. with Roberto L. Quercetani, Cassina de Pecchi 2006 – I figli del vento. Storia dei 100 metri ai giochi olimpici. Vol. 1: Le origini da Atene 1896 a Londra 1908. (The sons of the wind: the history of the 100 meters at the Olympic Games – Vol.1 The origins: from Athens 1896 to London 1908), Simple 2006 – I figli del vento: la storia dei 100 metri ai Giochi Olimpici – Vol.2: L'affermazione : da Stoccolma 1912 a Los Angeles 1932 (The sons of the wind: the history of the 100 meters at the Olympic Games – Vol.2 The statement: from Stockholm 1912 to Los Angeles 1932), Edizioni Riva 2009
References
External links Writer profile at the Atleticanet.it