Alessandro Di Lello (born 18 July 1977) is a

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from

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competing mainly in category T46 long distance events. In 2012 Di Lello won the marathon at the IPC World Championships and followed this with victory in the T46 classification at the 2013 London Marathon.

Sports career

Di Lello first began running in an attempt to lose weight, and in 1992 he started competing in long distance races. A motor bike accident resulted in a muscle impairment and Di Lello was subsequently classified as a T46 parasport athlete. One of the first major competitions he entered was the 2009

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, but he was forced to retire from the event with an Achilles tendon inflammation. In 2012 he competed alongside fellow countryman Walter Endrizzi in the

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. Di Lello finished 8th with a time of 2.46:27. The next year Di Lello competed in T46 marathon at the

2013 IPC Athletics World Championships The 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships was the biggest track and field competition for athletes with a disability since the 2012 Summer Paralympics. It was held in Lyon, France, and lasted from 20 to 28 July. Around 1,100 athletes competed, ...

in Lyon. Di Lello ran a time of 2:33.42 to take the gold ahead of Portugal's

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. 2013 also saw Di Lello win the T44-46 category in the

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with a time of 2:32.06.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Di Lello, Alessandro Paralympic athletes for Italy Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Italian male long-distance runners 1977 births Italian male marathon runners Living people Sportspeople from Tivoli, Lazio