Abdon Pamich

Abdon Pamich (born 3 October 1933) is a former Italian race walker.

He competed in the race walking event at the 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, and 1972 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1960 and a gold in 1964.

Pamich was born in Fiume (Rijeka, present-day Croatia) on 3 October 1933, at that time the city was under Italian jurisdiction.

[2] He left Rijeka for Italy, with his older brother, on 24 September 1947 and joined his father who had emigrated earlier.

[3] On 16 October 1960 he set a world record over 50 km at 4:03:02 in Ponte San Pietro.

Abdon Pamich posing among some of his trophies. Genoa , May 1964.