Andrea Barberi (15 January 1979 – December 2023) was an Italian sprint athlete who specialized in the
400 metres
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Biography
Barberi finished fifth at the
2006 European Athletics Championships
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and at the
2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships
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Men's results Track ...
. He also reached the semi-finals of the
2005 World Athletics Championships. At the
2006 IAAF World Cup
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, he finished fifth in
4 x 400 metres relay
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with the European team.
On 27 August 2006 in
Rieti
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, he ran in 45.19 seconds, breaking the Italian outdoor record which had stood since 1981.
The
Italian Athletics Federation
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The Italian Federation, founded on 21 October 1906, on initiative of ''La Gazzetta dello Sp ...
announced Barberi's death on 20 December 2023. He was 44.
National titles
Barberi won at the individual
Italian Athletics Championships nine times:
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400 metres
The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...
(2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
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400 metres
The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...
indoor (2004)
See also
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Italian all-time lists - 400 metres
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Italy national relay team
Footnotes
References
External links
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1979 births
2023 deaths
Sportspeople from Tivoli, Lazio
Italian male sprinters
World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
Italian Athletics Championships winners