Stefano La Rosa

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Stefano La Rosa
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Stefano La Rosa (first) at Zürich 2014
Personal information
Nationality Italian
Born (1985-09-28) 28 September 1985 (age 39)
Grosseto, Italy
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Country Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Long-distance running
Marathon
Club C.S. Carabinieri
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 5000 m: 13:26.86 (2010)
  • 10,000 m: 28:13.62 (2012)
Medal record
Event1st2nd3rd
Summer Universiade 001
Mediterranean Games 010
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Amsterdam Half marathon team
European Cross Country Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Dublin Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Samokov Team
European 10,000m Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Minsk Team

Stefano La Rosa (born 28 September 1985 in Grosseto) is an Italian long distance runner. He is a five-time Italian champion (twice over 10,000 metres and three times over 5000 metres).

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Biography

Of Sicilian descent, as a junior athlete, he came 52nd at the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. He came 16th over 5000 metres at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics, but managed a 1500 metres/5000 m double at the Italian junior championships. He won a team silver medal in the under-23 section of the 2006 European Cross Country Championships, courtesy of his tenth-place finish. He improved to fifth place in this category at the 2007 European race. Senior success came two years later in the form of a 5000 m silver medal at the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara and a team bronze medal at the 2009 European Cross Country Championships alongside Daniele Meucci. [1]

In his first major senior track final, he came tenth over 5000 m at the 2010 European Athletics Championships. He managed the same position in the 3000 m at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships and secured the bronze medal over 5000 m at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen. [1] He was the first Italian finisher at the 2011 BOClassic 10K race, taking sixth place overall. [2]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
2004 World Junior Championships Grosseto, Italy 16th5000 m 14:20.51
2007 European U23 Championships Debrecen, Hungary 6th1500m 3:46.37
10th5000m 13:59.35
2009 Mediterranean Games Pescara, Italy 2nd5000 m 14:04.44
2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain 10th5000 m 13:46.58
2011 European Indoor Championships Paris, France 10th3000 m 8:04.12
Universiade Shenzhen, China 3rd5000 m 14:02.95
2012 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 11th5000 m 13:41.99
2013 Mediterranean Games Mersin, Turkey –5000 m DNF
Universiade Kazan, Russia 4th5000 m 13:40.42
2014 European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 8th10,000 m 28:49.99
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 13thHalf marathon 1:04:15

National titles

He has won 9 times the individual national championship. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Stefano La Rosa. FIDAL. Retrieved on 2012-01-02.
  2. ↑ Sampaolo, Diego (2012-01-01). Soi and Cheruiyot take thrillers in Bolzano. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-01-02.
  3. ↑ ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
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