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'''Luigi Zarcone''' (18 June 1950, in [[Villabate]] |
'''Luigi Zarcone''' (18 June 1950, in [[Villabate]] – 9 June 2001, in [[Palermo]]) was an [[Italy|Italian]] [[Middle distance running|middle]] and [[Long distance running|long distance runner]]. |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Personal information | ||||||||||||
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Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||
Born | Villabate, Italy | 18 June 1950|||||||||||
Died | 9 June 2001 Palermo, Italy | (aged 50)|||||||||||
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Country | Italy | |||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
Event(s) | Middle distance running Long distance running | |||||||||||
Club | G.S. Fiamme Gialle | |||||||||||
Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
Personal bests |
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Medal record
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Luigi Zarcone (18 June 1950, in Villabate – 9 June 2001, in Palermo) was an Italian middle and long distance runner.
Biography
Luigi Zarcone won two medals, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions.[1] He has 32 caps in national team from 1973 to 1983.[2] He died prematurely at only 51 years old, in Palermo in 2001.[3] In his native hometown, Villabate in Sicily, is organized every year since 2003, a race named after him, the Memorial Luigi Zarcone.[4]
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time | Notes |
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1979 | Mediterranean Games | Split | 1st | 5000 metres | 13:45.11 | [5] |
2nd | 10000 metres | 28.39.06 | [5] |
National titles
Luigi Zarcone has won 4 times the individual national championship.[6][7]
- 1 win in the 1500 metres (1974)
- 2 wins in the 10000 metres (1977, 1979)
- 1 win in the cross country running (1979)
See also
References
- ^ "Podio Internazionale dal 1908 al 2008 – Uomini" [International Podium from 1908 to 2008 - Men] (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
- ^ Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
- ^ "Morto Zarcone azzurro anni '70". repubblica.it (in Italian). Retrieved 30 December 2012.
- ^ "Villabate (PA) - 10° Memorial Luigi Zarcone" (in Italian). Podisti. Retrieved 30 December 2012. [dead link]
- ^ a b "Mediterranean Games]". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
- ^ ""Campionati "Assoluti" Italiani sul podio tricolore – 1906 2012" [Championship "Absolute" Italians on the Tricolore Podium 1906 2012] (PDF). sportolimpico.it (in Italian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
- ^ "Italian Indoor Championships". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
External links
- IAAF profile for Luigi Zarcone
Categories:
- 1943 births
- 2001 deaths
- Athletes of Fiamme Gialle
- Italian male cross country runners
- Italian male long-distance runners
- Italian male middle-distance runners
- Sportspeople from Palermo
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
- Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy
- Competitors at the 1979 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics