2011 Italian Athletics Championships were held in Turin on 25–26 June 2011.
In 2011, the foremost athletics event was the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu. The other major global level competition held in 2011 was the World Cross Country Championships.
The Italian Athletics Championships are the national championships in athletics, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera.
Turin is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. It is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Turin and of the Piedmont region, and was the first capital city of Italy from 1861 to 1865. The city is located mainly on the western bank of the Po River, in front of Susa Valley, and is surrounded by the western Alpine arch and Superga Hill. The population of the city proper is 878,074 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat to be 1.7 million inhabitants. The Turin metropolitan area is estimated by the OECD to have a population of 2.2 million.
The 2nd World Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held in the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy between August 28 and September 6, 1987.
Andrew Howe is an Italian athlete who specializes in the long jump. He won this event as well as the 200 metres at the 2004 World Junior Championships. He was successful at senior level at a young age, winning a long jump bronze at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships before becoming the European Champion later that year. In 2007 he became the European Indoor Champion and won the silver medal at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics.
Paolo Dal Soglio is an Italian shot putter.
Danilo Goffi is a former Italian long-distance runner, who specializes in the marathon. He represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics and has also competed at the World Championships in Athletics. He was the silver medallist in the marathon at the 1998 European Athletics Championships.
Nicola Ciotti is an Italian high jumper. He is the twin brother of Giulio Ciotti.
Nicola Vizzoni is a formere male hammer thrower from Italy. He won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and ten years later at the 2010 European Athletics Championships. His personal best throw is 80.50 metres, achieved in July 2001 in Formia.
Simona La Mantia is an Italian triple jumper. Her best result at international senior level was a gold medal at the 2011 European Indoor Championships.
Ornella Ferrara is an Italian long-distance runner who specialized in the marathon race. She represented her country twice at the Summer Olympics and was the bronze medalist in the marathon at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics. She has won marathon races in her home country, including the Rome City Marathon, Carpi Marathon and Venice Marathon.
Cosimo Caliandro was an Italian middle distance runner.
Silvia Weissteiner is an Italian long-distance runner.
Ljubica Gabric-Calvesi , known as Gabre Gabric, was a Croatian-born Italian track and field athlete who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics and in the 1948 Summer Olympics. Her best discus throw was 43.35 m (1939).
Fabrizio Donato is an Italian athlete competing in the triple jump and occasionally in the long jump. He is known for winning gold medals at the 2001 Mediterranean Games and the 2009 European Indoor Championships, the latter in a new championship record of 17.59 metres. He is the Italian record holder with 17.60 metres outdoor and 17.73 indoor.
Francesco "Franco" Arese is an Italian middle-distance runner, competing mainly at 1500 m. Arese won the 1500 meters final at the 1971 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland.
Daniele Meucci is an Italian athlete who specialises in long-distance running, including track running, cross country and road running. He represented Italy at the 2012 Summer Olympics, running in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres.
Stefano La Rosa is an Italian long distance runner. He is a five-time Italian champion.
Italy competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics from August 27 to September 4 in Daegu, South Korea.
The Italy national athletics team represents Italy at the international athletics competitions such as Olympic Games or world athletics championships.
Davide Manenti is an Italian sprinter. He competed in the 4 × 100 m relay event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 200 m at the 2016 Olympics. He has competed with the Italian national relay team and was a gold medallist in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships and the 2013 Mediterranean Games. He holds a personal best of 20.44 seconds for the 200 metres.
The Italian Athletics Indoor Championships are the national championships in athletics of the indoor events, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera from 1970. Titles assigned concern specialties indoors, so for example does not include 3000 meters steeplechase, discus throw, javelin throw, hammer throw.