Dorando Pietri, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dorando Pietri

Italian distance runner

Date of Birth: 16-Oct-1885

Place of Birth: Correggio, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Date of Death: 07-Feb-1942

Profession: athletics competitor, marathon runner

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Dorando Pietri, often wrongly spelt Petri (Italian pronunciation: [do'rando 'pj??tri]; 16 October 1885 – 7 February 1942) was an Italian long-distance runner.
He finished first in the marathon at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London but was subsequently disqualified.