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Lamberto Boranga

Lamberto Boranga (born 30 October 1942 in Foligno) is an Italian high, long and triple jumper (masters athletics), and footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Prima Categoria club Trevana.

Career

Football career

Boranga made 112 appearances in Serie A, with Fiorentina (6 in the 1966–67 season), Brescia (14 in the 1969–70 season) and Cesena (92 in four seasons from 1973 to 1977), before playing in the lower divisions until 1984.

Boranga then graduated in medicine and while employed as a physician for Bastardo he played one match for the team. While competing in master athletics, he resumed playing amateur football in 2009, retiring in 2020 at the record age of 77 years and 7 months.

In August 2025, Boranga announced he would be coming out of retirement, at the age of 82, to play for Prima Categoria side Trevana in October, whilst also competing in the European Masters Athletics Championships in the same month.

Athletics career

In 2012 he set the world record master in triple jump, with a distance of 10.75, in the M70 category. He is also the holder of the world record M65 in the long jump (5.47 m).

World records

  • Triple jump M70: 10.75 m ( Serravalle, 3 November 2012)
  • Long jump M65: 5.47 m ( Ljubljana, 27 July 2008)

Achievements

He won ten medals in eleven events at the International Championships (World and European).

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