Franco Arese
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| Full name | Francesco Arese |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Born | 13 April 1944 Centallo, Italy |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Italy |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Middle distance running |
| Club | Atalanta Balangero |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests |
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Francesco "Franco" Arese (born 13 April 1944 in Centallo) is an Italian middle-distance runner, competing mainly at 1500 m. Arese won the 1500 meters final at the 1971 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland.[1]
He was the President of Italian Athletics Federation (FIDAL).[2]
Biography
[edit]Arese has won several Italian championships on 800, 1500 and 5000 meters.[3] He competed in both the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City and the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, but on both occasions failed to qualify for the final.
National titles
[edit]He won 12 times the national championship.
- 4 wins in 800 metres at the Italian Athletics Championships (1968, 1969, 1972, 1973)[4]
- 4 wins in 1500 metres at the Italian Athletics Championships (1986, 1967, 1968, 1970)[4]
- 1 win in 5000 metres at the Italian Athletics Championships (1971)[4]
- 1 win in Cross country running at the Italian Athletics Championships (1970)[4]
- 1 win in 1500 metres at the Italian Athletics Indoor Championships (1972)[5]
- 1 win in 3000 metres at the Italian Athletics Indoor Championships (1970)[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ gbrathletics – European Championships (Men) Archived July 11, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Franco Arese – Presidente federale" (in Italian). fial.it. Retrieved 19 October 2012.
- ^ "gbrathletics – Italian Championships". Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
- ^ a b c d "ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
- ^ a b "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
External links
[edit]- Franco Arese at World Athletics
- Franco Arese at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Franco Arese at Olympedia
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Categories:
- 1944 births
- Living people
- Italian male cross country runners
- Italian male middle-distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Italy
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy
- Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1971 Mediterranean Games
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Italy
- Italian Athletics Championships winners
- Competitors at the 1965 Summer Universiade
- Competitors at the 1967 Summer Universiade
- Competitors at the 1970 Summer Universiade