Fabio Grossi (athlete)

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Fabio Grossi
Personal information
Full nameFabio Francesco Grossi
Nationality Italian
Born (1967-09-03) 3 September 1967 (age 55)
Milan, Italy
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Country Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 400 metres
Club Snam Gas Metano
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 400 m: 45.92 (1994)
Medal record
Event1st2nd3rd
World Indoor Championships 010
Mediterranean Games 110
World Indoor Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1995 Barcelona 4x400 m relay
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1991 Athens 4x400 m relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1991 Athens 400 m

Fabio Francesco Grossi (born 3 September 1967, in Milan) is a retired Italian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.

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Biography

Fabio Grossi won three medals at the International athletics competitions, two of these with national relays team. [1] His personal best time is 45.92 seconds, achieved in September 1994 in Bologna. [2] He participated at one edition of the Summer Olympics (1992), [3] he has 21 caps in national team from 1989 to 1996. [4]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
1990 European Championships Split, Yugoslavia 3rd (h) [5] 4 × 400 m relay 3:04.08
1991 Mediterranean Games Athens, Greece 1st400 m45.93
2nd4 × 400 m relay3:03.20 [6]
1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 7th 4×400 metres 3:02.18
1994 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 4th4 × 400 m relay 3:03.46
1995 World Indoor Championships Barcelona, Spain 2nd4 × 400 m relay3:09.12

National titles

He has won 1 time the individual national championship. [7]

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References

  1. "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - UOMINI" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  2. Italian all-time list, men's 400 metres (last updated for year 2000)
  3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Fabio Grossi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  4. Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
  5. Competed only in the heat.
  6. Mediterranean Games - GBR Athletics
  7. "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 23 December 2012.