Unfortunately, the disappearance of a former athlete still comes to haunt this strange 2020.
In the early hours of yesterday 22 December Peter Fullager (AUS) passed away, who had also competed for the UK representative before emigrating to Australia in 1970.
Peter Fullager was born on 19.4.1943 in England and began walking only at the age of 18.
He had been quite famous in Italy because in 1967 to 1968 he was the only athlete of Her Majesty the Queen to win all three of the walking classics in Italy at that time.
He started on 3 September 1967 with the victory at Roma-Castelgandolfo (31.5km) where he also obtained the new course record.
The following month, on 1 October 1967, he won the Giro di Roma (just under 25km) and finally on 1 May 1968 he won the Sesto San Giovanni City Cup (30km).
It was a resounding result of Peter Fullager on the Breda Stadium, who, with his victory put an end to seven consecutive victories of Abdon Pamich, also establishing the new record of the 30km race bringing it to 2:25:02. Second was Henry Delerue (FRA) in 2:26:39 and third was Abon Pamich (ITA) in 2:30:31.
He preferred the 20km, but in the "Major events" he managed only once to get the bronze in the 1974 Commonwealth Games, when he competed for Australia, in Christchurch in New Zealand, finishing the 20 miles of that race in 2:42:06
In 1965 he was 4th in a semifinal of the Lugano Trophy, in Pescara, in the 20km in 1:31:51 and two years later he was 6th in Bad Saarow in DDR (1:31:13)
In the European Championships in Budapest 1966 he was 7th (1:33:02) while in the subsequent championships in Athens 1969 he was 13th (1:38:24)
Marcia dal Mondo's condolences to the family
Peter Fullager - Sesto San Giovanni 1968