Following is the profile on Olympic men's 50km walk race champion:

Name: Alex Schwazer

Nationality: Italy

Date of birth: December 26, 1984

Height: 1.85 meters

Weight: 73kg

Olympic performance: three hours 37 minute 09 seconds

Career highlights:

Bronze at 2007 World Championship, Osaka, Japan

Bronze at 2005 World Championship, Helsinki, Finland

Bronze at 2008 World Race Walking Challenge, Cheboksary, Russia

Bronze at 2008 World Race Walking Challenge, Helsinki, Finland.

(Xinhua News Agency August 22, 2008)