Joao Bussotti

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Joao Bussotti
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Bussotti Neves in 2023
Personal information
Full nameJoão Capistrano Maria Bussotti Neves Júnior
NationalityMozambican and Italian
Born (1993-05-10) 10 May 1993 (age 31)
Maputo, Mozambique [1]
Education University of Pisa
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Country Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Sport Athletics
Event 1500 metres
Club G.S. Esercito
Coached bySaverio Marconi
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 800 m. 1:47.55 (2014)
  • 1500 m: 3:37.12 (2017)

João Capistrano Maria Bussotti Neves Júnior (born 10 May 1993) is a Mozambican and Italian middle-distance runner competing primarily in the 1500 metres. [2] He won five times the national championships.

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Biography

Of Mozambican and later acquired Italian citizenship, Bussotti Neves emigrated to Italy with his mother Claudine in 2002. His step father is from Livorno where Joao lives and trains. [3] He took up athletics in 2007. [1] He was cleared by IAAF to compete for Italy since May 2012. [4]

Personal bests

Outdoor

Indoor

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
2012 World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 20th (h)1500 m 3:49.37
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 7th (h)1500 m 3:42.82
European U23 Championships Tallinn, Estonia 4th1500 m 3:45.10
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 12th1500 m 3:50.43
2017 World Cross Country Championships Kampala, Uganda 10th4x2 km mixed relay 25:14
Universiade Taipei, Taiwan 12th (h)1500 m 3:46.89
2018 Mediterranean Games Tarragona, Spain 8th1500 m 3:42.34
European Championships Berlin, Germany 11th1500 m 3:41.31
2021 European Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 37th (h)1500 m 3:44.76
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 55th (h)1500 m 3:48.55
2025 World Indoor Championships Nanjing, China 10th (h)1500 m 3:40.92

National titles

Bussotti won five national championships.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Fidal bio
  2. ↑ Joao Bussotti at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. ↑ "Joao Bussotti Biografia" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 12 July 2018. Joao Bussotti è emigrato in Italia dal Mozambico nel 2002 con la mamma Claudine, mentre il papà adottivo è livornese. Ha quindi ottenuto la cittadinanza optando per quella italiana al raggiungimento della maggiore età.
  4. ↑ 2016 EC bio Archived 2016-07-13 at the Wayback Machine
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