Emanuele Di Gregorio
Emanuele Di Gregorio (born December 13, 1980 in Castellammare del Golfo ) is an Italian athlete who won the silver medal at the European Championships in 2010 with the Italian 4 x 100 meter relay .
Life
Di Gregorio already took part in the 2002 European Championships in Munich and the 2008 Olympic Games , but it wasn't until 2009 that he made his international breakthrough. At the European Indoor Championships in Turin , Briton Dwain Chambers won ahead of the two Italians Fabio Cerutti and Emanuele Di Gregorio, who both stayed just one hundredth of a second above Simone Collio's Italian record in 6.56 seconds . After the bronze medal in the hall, Di Gregorio retired at the 2009 World Championships over 100 meters in the quarter-finals, but reached the final with the relay; in the cast of Roberto Donati , Collio, Di Gregorio and Cerutti, the season ran to sixth place in 38.54 s.
In the following year, Di Gregorio reached the finals in the 100-meter run at the 2010 European Championships in a personal best of 10.17 s , but only finished seventh in 10.34 s. The season with Donati, Collio, Di Gregorio and Maurizio Checcucci reached the final four days later and ran there with an Italian national record of 38.17 s to second place behind the French season.
Di Gregorio is 1.73 m tall and has a competition weight of 64 kg. He starts for the association of the Italian Air Force Aeronautica Militare .
Personal bests
- 100 meters: 10.17 s, July 28, 2010 Barcelona
- 200 meters: 20.80 s, July 5, 2009 Alcamo
Web links
- Emanuele Di Gregorio in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Emanuele Di Gregorio in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Di Gregorio, Emanuele |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 13, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Castellammare del Golfo |