Marco De Luca

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Marco De Luca
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De Luca in 2015
Personal information
Nationality Italian
Born (1981-05-12) May 12, 1981 (age 43)
Rome
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Country Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Sport Athletics
Event 50km Race Walk
Club G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 20 km: 1:22:01 (2016)
  • 50 km: 3:44:47 (2016)
Medal record
Event1st2nd3rd
World Race Walking Cup 211
European Race Walking Team C'ships 223
Total434
World Race Walking Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Cheboksary 50 km team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Rome 50 km team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Taicang 20 km team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Rome 50 km individual
European Race Walking Team Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Olhão 50 km team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Poděbrady 50 km team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Olhão 50 km individual
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Murcia 50 km team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Murcia 50 km individual
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2005 Miskolc 50 km team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Metz 50 km team

Marco De Luca (born 12 May 1981 in Rome) is an Italian race walker. His best results at International level are 7th place [1] at 2009 World Championships and 6th [2] at 2006 European Championships and 2010 European Championships.

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But the most prestigious achievement of his career was achieved in 2016, at age 35, when he finished fourth at the World Race Walking Team Championships, but was awarded the bronze medal following the disqualification for doping of the teammate Alex Schwazer, who had won the gold medal. [3]

He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in 50 km walk. [4]

Biography

Marco De Luca won three times the individual national championship. [5] [6] At London 2017 for him it is the seventh consecutive participation in the World Championships. He also participated at three editions of the Summer Olympics from 2008 to 201 and four consecutive editions (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018) of European Championships (in the editions of the European Championships of the Olympic years, 2012 and 2016, the race walk was not part of the program).

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2005 European Race Walking Cup Miskolc, Hungary 13th50 km 3:55:30
3rd50 km team30 pts
World Championships Helsinki, Finland13th50 km 3:58:32
2006 World Race Walking Cup A Coruña, Spain 9th50 km 3:49:43 PB
European Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 6th [2] 50 km 3:48:08
2007 European Race Walking Cup Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom 8th50 km 3:47:04
World Championships Osaka, Japan—50 km DNF
2008 World Race Walking Cup Cheboksary, Russia 8th50 km 3:49:21
1st50 km team 128 pts
Olympic Games Beijing, China19th50 km 3:54:47
2009 European Race Walking Cup Metz, France8th50 km 3:54:35
3rd50 km team38 pts
World Championships Berlin, Germany7th [1] 50 km 3:46:31
2010 World Race Walking Cup Chihuahua, Mexico 14th50 km 4:00:45
European Championships Barcelona, Spain 6th50 km 3:48:36
2011 European Race Walking Cup Olhão, Portugal 2nd50 km 3:50:13
1st50 km team16 pts
World Championships Daegu, South Korea12th50 km 3:49:40
2012 World Race Walking Cup Saransk, Russia 8th50 km 3:49:50
Olympic Games London, Great Britain17th50 km 3:47:19
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia15th50 km 3:48:05
2014 World Race Walking Cup Taicang, China 51st20 km 1:23:34
European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 7th50 km 3:45:25
2015 European Race Walking Cup Murcia, Spain 3rd50 km 3:46:21
2nd50 km team23 pts
World Championships Beijing, China16th50 km 3:53:02
2016 World Race Walking Cup Rome, Italy 3rd50 km 3:44:47
1st50 km team 10 pts
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil21st50 km 3:54:40
2017 World Championships London, England9th50 km 3:45:02 SB

National titles

See also

References

  1. 1 2 He was 8th, but became 7th after a disqaulification of an athlete for doping causes.
  2. 1 2 He was 7th, but became 6th after a disqaulification of an athlete for doping causes.
  3. ↑ "Doping walker Alex Schwazer handed eight-year ban for second offence". Athletics Weekly . Retrieved 2 August 2017. Schwazer returned to competition this year, winning the IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships in Rome in May where he won the 50km event ahead of Australia's 2012 Olympic champion Jared Tallent, who will now be awarded gold with Ukrainian Ihor Hlavan being upgraded to silver and fellow Italian Marco de Luca handed bronze.
  4. ↑ "Athletics de LUCA Marco". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-10-14. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
  5. ↑ ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  6. ↑ "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
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