Giorgio Calcaterra
Giorgio Calcaterra 
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| birthday | 11th February 1972 (age 48) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| place of birth | Rome , Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| size | 173 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| job | taxi driver | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| discipline | Ultra marathon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| society | Running Club Futura | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| status | active | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Giorgio Calcaterra (born February 11, 1972 in Rome , Italy ) is an Italian long-distance and ultra-marathon runner .
Life
Giorgio Calcaterra is a three-time world and European champion in the 100 km road race and thus one of the most successful athletes over this distance. He ran his first marathon at the age of 18 in 1990 in Rome with a time of 3:29 hours. In 2000 he ran 20 marathons under 2:20 h, setting a world record. Since September 1998 he has won around 40 of more than 150 marathons, including the Luxor Marathon ( EGY ) outside Italy in 2002 , the Helsinki Marathon ( FIN ) in 2003 and the Utrecht Marathon ( NLD ) in 2005 . Giorgio Calcaterra, known for his frequent competitions, lives in Rome and is a taxi driver by profession. Several times he represented the Italian national team at world and European championships.
2008 turned Michele Cinque, Lorenzo Guarnieri and Alessandro Leonardi the documentary "Top Runner" about Giorgio Calcaterras way from his childhood to winning the IAU 100 km World Championships 2008 of Tuscania to Tarquinia that far from his hometown of Rome in the region Tuscia held were.
Giorgio Calcaterra recently also became known outside Italy through his participation in the Wings for Life World Run , in which he won the Italian championship three times in a row (2014/2015 Verona ; 2016 Milan ) . At the third edition of this charity run in Milan, with a new global record of 88.44 km, he not only won the national ranking but also the global ranking. In 2017, again in Milan, he achieved second place in the national and fourth place in the global ranking.
Personal bests
- 5000 m : 14:35 min
- 10,000 m : 30:00 min, 2000
- Half marathon : 1:05:00 h, March 19, 2000, Ostia ( ITA )
- Marathon : 2:13:15 h, March 12, 2000, Vigarano Mainarda ( ITA )
- 100 km road race: 6:23:20 h, April 12, 2012, Seregno ( ITA )
Personal achievements
International
- World and European champions in the 100 km road race 2008 ( Tuscania - Tarquinia ( ITA ) , 6:37:41 h), 2011 ( Winschoten ( NLD ) , 6:27:32 h), 2012 ( Seregno ( ITA ) , 6 : 23: 20 h)
- 3rd / 2nd Place 100 km road running World and European Championships 2009, Torhout ( BEL ) , 19. – 20. June 2009, 6:42:05 h
- 3rd place 100 km road running World and European Championships 2015, Winschoten ( NLD ) , September 12, 6:36:49 a.m.
National
- including Italian champion 50 km and 100 km road run in 2005
- 12-time winner in a row (2006-2017) 100 km run “Il Passatore” from Florence to Faenza ( ITA ) , best time 6:25:47 h, 2011
Various wins
- Wings for Life World Run , Milan ( ITA ) , May 8, 2016, 88.44 km (1st place global classification)
- Wings for Life World Run, Verona ( ITA ) , May 3rd, 2015, 78.06 km (4th place global ranking)
- Wings for Life World Run, Verona (ITA) , May 4th 2014, 72.96 km (4th place global classification)
- Run Winschoten , ( NLD ) , September 10, 2011, 100 km, 6:27:32 h
- Swiss Alpine Marathon , Davos ( CHE ) , July 29, 2006, 78 km, 6:05:04 h
- Utrecht Marathon , ( NLD ) , March 28, 2005, 2:19:37 h
- Helsinki Marathon , ( FIN ) , August 2, 2003, 2:20:55 h
- Luxor Marathon , ( EGY ) , 2002, 2:22:37 h
Web links
- Official website
- Giorgio Calcaterra in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Athlete portrait in the statistics of the German Ultramarathon Association
- Athlete profile with the Association of Road Racing Statisticians
Individual evidence
- ^ Norbert Madry: Training for Ultra Running. (No longer available online.) In: ultra-marathon.org. Formerly in the original ; Retrieved July 4, 2017 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Susanne Mahlstedt: The legendary Italian 100 km run “Il Passatore” from Florence to Faenza - a folk festival at night - Susanne Mahlstedt in RUN TIME & CONDITION. (No longer available online.) In: germanroadraces.de. April 13, 2016, formerly in the original ; Retrieved July 4, 2017 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ "Wings for Life World Run": Italians run 88.44 km. In: salzburg.com. May 8, 2016. Retrieved July 4, 2017 .
- ↑ 155,288 participants worldwide in the Wings for Life World Run. In: maxfunsports.com. May 7, 2017. Retrieved July 4, 2017 .
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| SURNAME | Calcaterra, Giorgio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian ultra runner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 11, 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |