Andrea Lalli (born 20 May 1987 in
Florence
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) is an Italian
long distance runner
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Biography
![Andrea Lalli Budapest 2012](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Andrea_Lalli_Budapest_2012.jpg)
He started his career with medals at the
European Cross Country Championships
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, taking the junior individual and team titles at the
2006 edition and then winning the under-23 title in
2008
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. He won his first
track
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medal at the
2009 European Athletics U23 Championships
The 7th European Athletics U23 Championships were held between 16 and 19 July 2009 in the S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium in Kaunas, Lithuania.
Complete results and medal winners were published.
Men's results
Women's results
Medal ta ...
, where he was the runner-up in the
10,000 metres
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behind Turkey's
Mert Girmalegesse
Mert Girmalegesse, formerly Shimelis Girma (Amharic), then Selim Bayrak ( Turkish), (born November 30, 1987) is an Ethiopian born Turkish middle and long distance track and field athlete, running in the disciplines of 3000 m, 5000 m and also 10 ...
, formerly of Ethiopia. Following a win at the
Lotto Cross Cup Brussels
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in December, Lalli formed part of the
bronze medal
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winning Italian men's team at the
2009 European Cross Country Championships
The 2009 European Cross Country Championships was a continental cross country running competition that was held on 13 December 2009 near Dublin city, Fingal in Ireland. Dublin was selected as the host city in 2007 and the event was the first tim ...
.
He claimed the short course title at the 2010
World Military Cross Country Championships The World Military Cross Country Championships is an international biennial cross country running competition organised by the International Military Sports Council (CISM). The competition is typically held in late February or early March. First hel ...
in March. He ran in the 10,000 m at the
2010 European Athletics Championships
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and was seventh in the final, while fellow Italian
Daniele Meucci
Daniele Meucci (born 7 October 1985) is an Italian athlete who specialises in long-distance running, including track running, cross country and road running who won twenty medals at international level (seventeen at senior level and three at yout ...
reached the podium. He had a career best finish of sixth in the senior race at the
2010 European Cross Country Championships
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, although the Italian team was fourth at the event.
He made his debut over the
half marathon
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at the
Stramilano
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in March 2011 and managed to finish the course in a time of 62:32 minutes, being the first non-African finisher. This was the first time he had run the distance as, even in training, he had not exceeded 20 km. Lalli missed the rest of the 2011 season as he underwent Achilles surgery. On his return, he was the runner-up at the 2012
European Clubs Cross Country, finishing behind
Ayad Lamdassem
Ayad Lamdassem (born October 11, 1981) is a Moroccan-born long distance runner who competes for Spain internationally. He has represented Spain twice in the 10,000 metres at the Summer Olympics (2008 and 2012) as well as the European Athletics ...
but helping his club (
Fiamme Gialle
The Gruppi Sportivi Fiamme Gialle is the sport section of the Italian police force, Guardia di Finanza.
The club's activity is carried out in the following twelve sports disciplines: sport of athletics, athletics, Swimming (sport), swimming, judo, ...
) to third in the competition. At the Stramilano he came a close second to
Yacob Jarso
Yacob Jarso Kintra (born 5 February 1988) is an Ethiopian professional long-distance runner and former steeplechaser. He has represented Ethiopia at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2009 World Championships in Athletics.
He became his country's ...
in a time of 1:01:11 hours – a personal best and the best performance by an Italian man at the event since 2002.
[Sampaolo, Diego (2012-03-25)]
Jarso and Straneo beat the heat at the Stramilano
IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-03-26.
He won the 2012
European Cross Country Championships
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title convincingly with a time of 30:01, 10 seconds ahead of the runner-up
Hassan Chahdi
Sidi-Hassan Chahdi (born 7 May 1989) is a French long-distance runner who competes mainly in cross country running competitions.
Born in Cluses,[France
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.
Achievements
National titles
He won 5 times the national championship at senior level.
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Italian Athletics Championships
The Italian Athletics Championships ( it, Campionati italiani assoluti di atletica leggera) are the national championships in athletics, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera.
The first edition, four races only, wa ...
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Half marathon
A half marathon is a road running event of —half the distance of a marathon. It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon or a 5K race, using almost the same course with a late start, an early finish or shortcu ...
: 2015
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10 km road: 2014
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Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which teams and individuals run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain such as dirt or grass. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open coun ...
: 2008, 2009, 2015
References
External links
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1987 births
Living people
Italian male cross country runners
Italian male long-distance runners
Sportspeople from Florence
Athletics competitors of Fiamme Gialle
Italian male marathon runners
European Cross Country Championships winners
20th-century Italian people
21st-century Italian people