Riccardo De Luca

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Riccardo De Luca
Riccardo De Luca Rio2016.jpg
De Luca at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1986-03-22) 22 March 1986 (age 37)
Rome, Italy
Height187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Sport Modern pentathlon
Club C.S. Carabinieri
Coached byMarco Quattrini [1]
Luigi Filipponi [2]
Medal record
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Moscow Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Rome Team
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Drzonków Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Székesfehérvár Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Bath Individual
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Sofia Individual

Riccardo De Luca (born 22 March 1986) is an Italian modern pentathlete. De Luca is an athlete of the Centro Sportivo Carabinieri. [3]

Biography

He won a team gold medal at the 2012 World Championships and placed nine and fifth at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, respectively. [4] De Luca took up pentathlon in 1999. He works as a police officer. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Riccardo De Luca London 2012". London 2012. Archived from the original on 11 May 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. Riccardo De Luca. nbcolympics.com
  3. "IL GENERALE TULLIO DEL SETTE INCONTRA GLI ATLETI ALLA CERIMONIA DI INAGUARAZIONE DEI NUOVI IMPIANTI SPORTIVI" (in Italian). carabinieri.it. Retrieved 17 March 2020. Tra loro, oltre ai già citati Garozzo, Errigo, Miracco e De Luca, anche l'argento olimpico di Rio 2016 nel tiro a volo Chiara Cainero, il judoka Matteo Marconcini, 5° alle olimpiadi, i nuotatori Luca Dotto e Silvia Di Pietro, i canottieri Paolo Di Girolamo e Stefano Oppo, la marciatrice Noemi Stella, l'oro europeo di tiro a volo Massimo Fabbrizi, la triatleta Angelica Olmo, il mezzofondista Yohanes Chiappinelli, e numerosi altri ancora.
  4. "Riccardo De Luca". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.