Guglielmo Becattini

Guglielmo Becattini was an Italian cross-country runner before World War I. He was entered at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics but did not start. The first record of him comes in 1909 when, on 14 November, he finished second behind one of the best athletes of his time, Ezio Cappellini, in Firenze’s Traversata.

In 1910 Becattini was third in the Italian championship at Milano in the 5,000 metres. On 12 June 1910 he ran 15:46.0 in Firenze, to lead the Italian year list in the 5K. In 1911 Becattini reached his best result in Pistoia in July, again at 5,000 m, defeating Guido Veroni and Aduo Fava. In 1912 he was second at the Italian Championships, earning him nomination for the Olympics. The war interrupted his career and he died young in 1919.