Andrea Giocondi (born 17 January 1969 in
Tivoli
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) is an Italian middle distance runner who specialized in the
800 metres
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.
Biography
He finished seventh at the
1995 World Championships in Athletics
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This edition featured 1804 athletes from 191 nat ...
in Gothenburg, and won the silver medal at the
1995 Summer Universiade
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Emblem
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in Fukuoka. His personal best 800 m time is 1:44.78 minutes.
Olympic results
National titles
He has won 4
national championship
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titles.
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800 metres
The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ...
(1996, 2001)
*800 metres indoor (1999)
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1500 metres
The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...
indoor (1996)
See also
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Italian all-time lists - 800 metres
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Annalisa Minetti
Annalisa Minetti (born 27 December 1976 in Rho) is an Italian singer, politician and Paralympic athlete.
Minetti was a beauty pageant contestant in the 1997 edition of Miss Italia; she gained public attention because she was the first blind woman ...
References
External links
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1969 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Tivoli, Lazio
Italian male middle-distance runners
Athletics competitors of Fiamme Gialle
Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Italy
Paralympic sighted guides
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
FISU World University Games silver medalists for Italy
Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade
Italian Athletics Championships winners