Giacomo Leone

Giacomo Leone

Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1971-04-10) 10 April 1971 (age 54) [1] Francavilla Fontana, Italy [1]
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	Marathon
Retired	1983
Achievements and titles
Personal best	Marathon: 2:07:52 (2001) [1]
Medal record World Marathon Cup 2001 Edmonton Team World Half Marathon Championships 2001 Montbéliard-Belfort Team Event 1st 2nd 3rd New York City Marathon 1 0 0 Rome City Marathon 0 1 0 Lake Biwa Marathon 1 0 0

Giacomo Leone (born 10 April 1971 in Francavilla Fontana, Brindisi) is a retired male long-distance runner from Italy. He set his personal best (2:07:52) in the marathon on 4 March 2001 in Otsu, Japan. Leone is best known for winning the 1996 edition of the New York City Marathon. ^{[1] [2]}

Biography

He was the last European to win New York City Marathon before the African dominance, except for Brazilian victories in 2006 and 2008. Leone still holds the record of "Italian most quick" to NYC Marathon.

When 18–20 years old he started to run distances over 20 km and in 1989 won the bronze medal in European Athletics Junior Championships (in 1989 edition in Varaždin, on 20 km Road Race); ^[3] in the next year he places himself at fifth place at Juniores World Championship on the same distance. When he was 20 he debuted in a marathon at Sheffield Universiade.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing   Italy
1990	World Junior Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	5th	20 km road run	1:03:01
1993	Universiade	Buffalo, United States	–	Marathon	DNF
1996	New York City Marathon	New York, United States	1st	Marathon	2:09:54
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	7th	Marathon	2:17:16
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	—	Marathon	DNF
2000	Rome City Marathon	Rome, Italy	2nd	Marathon	2:08:41
	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	5th	Marathon	2:12:14
2001	Lake Biwa Marathon	Ōtsu, Japan	2nd	Marathon	2:07:52
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	11th	Marathon	2:17:54
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	—	Marathon	DNF

See also

• Men's marathon Italian record progression
• Italian all-time lists - half marathon
• Italian all-time lists - Marathon

References

1. "Annuario FIDAL dell'atletica 2010" (PDF) (in Italian). asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
2. "TUTTI I CAMPIONI ITALIANI – 1906/2014" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
3. "EUROPEAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN)". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 12 April 2012.

External links

• Giacomo Leone at World Athletics
• Giacomo Leone at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
• Giacomo Leone at Olympedia