Simone Collio

Simone Collio
OLY
	Simone Collio (left) with Emanuele Di Gregorio at Barcelona 2010
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	27 December 1979 (age 44); Cernusco sul Naviglio, Italy
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	Sprint
Club	G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Retired	2015
Achievements and titles
Personal best	100 m: 10.06 (2009)
Medal record
European Championships
European Team Championships
European Indoor Cup
Mediterranean Games

Simone Collio OLY (born 27 December 1979 in Cernusco sul Naviglio) is an Italian sprinter who specializes in the 60 and 100 metres.^[1] His personal best times are 6.55 seconds in the 60 metres (indoor) and 10.06 seconds in the 100 metres, the third all-time best performance in the Italian ranking of 100 meters, after the 10.01 at altitude of Pietro Mennea and 9.99 of Filippo Tortu.

Biography

Participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he achieved fourth place in his 100 metres heat, thus securing qualification to the second round. He then achieved sixth place in his second round heat, thus failing to secure qualification to the semi-finals. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing he competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed 3rd in his heat behind Richard Thompson and Martial Mbandjock in a time of 10.32 seconds. He qualified for the second round, in which he failed to qualify for the semi-finals as his time of 10.33 was the 7th time in his race, causing elimination.^[1] Together with Fabio Cerutti, Emanuele di Gregorio and Jacques Riparelli he also competed at the 4x100 metres relay. In their qualification heat, they were disqualified and eliminated for the further competition.^[1]

Personal life

He was engaged to the Bulgarian sprinter Ivet Lalova, whom he met in Sofia. They married in September 2013.^[2]^[3]

Personal bests

Event	Time (seconds)	Venue	Date
50 metres	5.75	Liévin, France	10 February 2009
60 metres	6.55	Valencia, Spain	9 February 2008
100 metres	10.06	Rieti, Italy	22 July 2009
200 metres	20.84	Sofia	11 June 2009

All information taken from IAAF profile.^[4]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Italy
2001	European U23 Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	5th	100m	10.48 w (wind: 2.2 m/s)
2001	European U23 Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	—	4 × 100 m relay	DNF
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	19th (sf)	60 m	6.71
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	13th (sf)	4 × 100 m relay	38.93
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	7th	60 m	6.60
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	29th (qf)	100 m	10.29
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	11th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	38.79
2005	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	5th	60 m	6.66
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	29th (qf)	100 m	10.60
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	–	4 × 100 m relay	DQ
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	19th (qf)	100 m	10.31
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	10th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	38.81
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	20th (sf)	60 m	6.74
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	30th (qf)	100 m	10.33
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	–	4 × 100 m relay	DQ
2009	European Indoor Championships	Turin, Italy	17th (h)	60 m	6.72
	Mediterranean Games	Pescara, Italy	1st	4 × 100 m relay	38.82
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	48th (h)	100 m	10.49
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	6th	4 × 100 m relay	38.54
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	8th	100 m	DNF
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	2nd	4 × 100 m relay	38.17 (NR)
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	5th	4 × 100 m relay	38.96
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	10th (sf)	60 m	6.71
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	—	100 m	DSQ
	Olympic Games	London. United Kingdom	Heat	4×100 metres relay	38.58
2013	Mediterranean Games	Mersin, Turkey	1st	4 × 100 m relay	39.06

National titles

He won 7 national championships at individual senior level.^[5]^[6]

Italian Athletics Championships
- 100 metres: 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010
Italian Indoor Athletics Championships
- 60 metres: 2004, 2005, 2009

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Athlete Biography: COLLIO Simone". Beijing2008.cn. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 8 September 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2008.
^ "L' uomo più veloce di Milano 'Il mio segreto è donna' - la Repubblica.it".
^ "Collio - Lalova". 28 August 2010.
^ Biography Collio, Simone. IAAF. Retrieved on 8 May 2009.
^ "CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO DAL 1906 AL 2011 - UOMINI" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
^ "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 29 February 2020.

External links

Simone Collio at World Athletics
Simone Collio at Diamond League
Simone Collio at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
Simone Collio at Olympics.com
Simone Collio at Olympedia

[beijing-1] "Athlete Biography: COLLIO Simone". Beijing2008.cn. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 8 September 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2008.

[2] "L' uomo più veloce di Milano 'Il mio segreto è donna' - la Repubblica.it".

[3] "Collio - Lalova". 28 August 2010.

[4] Biography Collio, Simone. IAAF. Retrieved on 8 May 2009.

[5] "CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO DAL 1906 AL 2011 - UOMINI" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 29 February 2020.

[6] "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 29 February 2020.

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