Stefano Baldini is a retired Italian runner who specialized in the marathon. He was the Olympic champion in Athens and was twice European champion.
The Venice Marathon is a marathon road race that has been held each year in Venice since 1986, usually in October. The course starts in Stra and passes through Mestre, Parco San Giuliano, and Ponte della Libertà before ending at Riva dei Sette Martiri in Venice. The marathon is categorized as a Bronze Label Road Race by World Athletics.
Valeria Straneo is an Italian long-distance runner, winner of the silver medal at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics and Italian record holder in the marathon.
Athletics in Italy is the 7th most popular participation sport, practiced by 995,000 people.
Paolo Dal Molin is an Italian athlete competing in the 110 metres hurdles. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 110 m hurdles.
Massimo Stano is a male Italian racewalker. He competed in the 20 kilometres walk event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, finishing in the 19th position, and the same event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, finishing in first place. On 24 July 2022, Stano won the 2022 World Athletics Championships with a championship record.
Yemaneberhan "Yeman" Crippa is an Ethiopian-born Italian long-distance runner. He won the gold medal in the 10,000 metres and bronze for the 5000 metres at the European Athletics Championships in 2022, and bronze in the 10,000 m in 2018. Crippa claimed four medals in the age-group races at the European Cross Country Championships and a bronze in the senior race in 2019.
Davide Re is an Italian male 400 metre runner, two times gold medallist at the 2018 Mediterranean Games. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 400 m.
Lamont Marcell Jacobs Jr. is an Italian track and field sprinter and former long jumper. He is the 2020 Olympic 100 metres champion, the 2022 60 metres world champion, the 2022 and 2024 European 100 metres champion, and a member of the gold medal-winning 4 × 100 m relay team at the 2020 Olympics. He currently holds the 100 metres European record, the 60 metres European record, and is the first person to ever qualify for and win the men's 100 metres Olympic final for Italy.
The Naturalized athletes of Italy are those naturalized citizens who are part, or have been part, of the Italy national athletics team.
Yassine Rachik is a Moroccan-born Italian long-distance runner who won the Italian Athletics Championships three times and won an individual bronze medal at the 2018 European Athletics Championships.
Daisy Osakue is an Italian discus thrower who came 5th at the 2018 European Athletics Championships. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Discus throw.
Leonardo Fabbri is an Italian shot putter. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in shot put.
Giovanna Epis is an Italian long-distance runner.
Zaynab Dosso is an Italian sprinter. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 4 × 100 m relay.
Ștefan Iulius Gavril is a Romanian distance runner who competes over distances from 800 metres to the half marathon.
The 2021 Italian Athletics Championships was the 111st edition of the Italian Athletics Championships which took place in Rovereto from 25 to 27 June. It is the second edition held in this town, after 2014 edition.
Lorenzo Patta is an Italian sprinter who won a gold medal in 4 × 100 m relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
The men's marathon at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in Paris, France, on 10 August 2024. This was the 30th time that the men's marathon was contested at the Summer Olympics.
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