Giuseppe D'Urso
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Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Catania, Italy | 15 September 1969|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Italy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Middle distance running | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | CUS Roma Fiamme Azzurre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Giuseppe D'Urso (born 15 September 1969) is a former Italian 800 metres runner, vice-world champion in 1993.
Biography
[edit]Giuseppe D'Urso won four medals, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions.[1] He participated at one edition of the Summer Olympics (1996), he has 31 caps in national team from 1989 to 2000.[2] He won a silver medal at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart. In addition he won a silver medal at the 1996 European Indoor Championships. His personal best in 800 metres is 1'43"95.
Achievements
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Italy | |||||
1988 | World Junior Championships | Sudbury, Canada | 5th | 800m | 1:53.34 |
1990 | European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | 7th | 800 metres | 1:47.29 |
1991 | World Student Games | Sheffield, United Kingdom | 1st | 800 metres | 1:46.82 |
1993 | World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 2nd | 800 metres | 1:44.86 |
1994 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 5th | 800m | 1:46.90 |
1995 | World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | Heat | 800 metres | 1:47.43 |
1996 | European Indoor Championships | Stockholm, Sweden | 2nd | 800 metres | 1:48.04 |
Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | SF | 800 metres | 1:46.97 | |
1997 | Mediterranean Games | Bari, Italy | 1st | 800 metres | 1:47.10 |
World Championships | Athens, Greece | DNF | 1500 metres | NT | |
1998 | European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | SF | 800 metres | 1:48.95 |
DNF | 1500 metres | NT | |||
1999 | World Championships | Stockholm, Sweden | 14th | 1500 metres | 3:50.71 |
National titles
[edit]He has won 7 times the individual national championship.[3][4]
- 2 wins in the 800 metres (1993, 1994)
- 3 wins in the 800 metres indoor (1993, 1996, 2000)
- 2 wins in the 1500 metres indoor (1997, 1998)
See also
[edit]- Italian all-time lists - 800 metres
- Italian all-time lists - 1500 metres
- Italy at the 1990 European Athletics Championships
References
[edit]- ^ "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - UOMINI" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ^ Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
- ^ ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ^ "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
External links
[edit]- Giuseppe D'Urso at World Athletics
- Giuseppe D'Urso at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Giuseppe D'Urso at Olympedia
Categories:
- 1969 births
- Living people
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Italian male middle-distance runners
- Olympic athletes for Italy
- Sportspeople from Catania
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
- Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1997 Mediterranean Games
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Italy
- Medalists at the 1991 Summer Universiade
- Athletics competitors of Fiamme Azzurre
- Italian Athletics Championships winners