Umberto Blasi
Umberto Blasi (October 12, 1886 - July 11, 1938) was an Italian long-distance runner who was a three-time national champion in the marathon and competed in the men's marathon at the 1908 Summer Olympics.
On June 3, 1908, Blasi won Italy's first national marathon championship in Rome in a time of 3:01:04.[1][2] Given that the race also served as the nation's Olympic trial for that year's Games, he earned a birth on the Olympic team with Augusto Cocca and Dorando Pietri.[2] The following month in London, Blasi was one of 56 who lined-up to start the marathon on a warm and muggy afternoon.[3] He dropped out after 8 miles and did not finish. Blasi later won his second consecutive national championship with a 2:38:30 on a 40 kilometer course in Milan on September 19, 1909.[1] One week later on an official distance course in Voltri, Italy, his 2:48:44 mark lowered the Italian marathon record set three months earlier by Arturo deMaria.[4]
Blasi eventually ran his marathon personal best with a 2:38:00.8 performance to capture his third and final national title in Legnano, Italy on November 29, 1914.[5] Although not recognized as a world best by the International Association of Athletics Federations,[6] the Association of Road Racing Statisticians lists this mark in their progression of world records in the marathon[7] as well as the world's fastest for 1914.[5][8]
Blasi was born in Rome, Italy.
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- ^ a b "National Marathon Champions for Italy". Association of Road Racing Statisticians. September 2, 2011. Retrieved September 25, 2011.
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- ^ Hill, Ian (September 2, 2011). "World Best Progressions- Road". Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved September 25, 2011.
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