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Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Grosseto, Italy | 28 September 1985|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Long-distance running Marathon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | C.S. Carabinieri | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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).
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]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Italy | |||||
2004 | World Junior Championships | Grosseto, Italy | 16th | 5000 m | 14:20.51 |
2007 | European U23 Championships | Debrecen, Hungary | 6th | 1500m | 3:46.37 |
10th | 5000m | 13:59.35 | |||
2009 | Mediterranean Games | Pescara, Italy | 2nd | 5000 m | 14:04.44 |
2010 | European Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 10th | 5000 m | 13:46.58 |
2011 | European Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 10th | 3000 m | 8:04.12 |
Universiade | Shenzhen, China | 3rd | 5000 m | 14:02.95 | |
2012 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 11th | 5000 m | 13:41.99 |
2013 | Mediterranean Games | Mersin, Turkey | – | 5000 m | DNF |
Universiade | Kazan, Russia | 4th | 5000 m | 13:40.42 | |
2014 | European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 8th | 10,000 m | 28:49.99 |
2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 13th | Half marathon | 1:04:15 |
He has won 9 times the individual national championship. [3]
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