Giuseppe Ferrera

Giuseppe Ferrera was an Italian marathon runner born in Baio Dora, at the time an independent municipality, later a village in Borgofranco d’Ivrea, a municipality of Torino. A tenacious and high-level athlete, he won many local competitions. At the 1927 Italian athletics championships he finished second in the marathon held on 16 October in Torino with a time of 2-53:14. The following year he won both pre-Olympic tests: the first on 17 June in Bologna over the distance of 32 kilometres, and the second again in Bologna on 8 July, over 37 kilometres, which qualified him for the Amsterdam games. He was the only one of the four Italian starters to finish the race. Well-liked and always remembered by his fellow citizens, a sports area in his native town, Baio Dora, was named after him.

Personal Best: Mar – 2-53:01 (1924).