Cosimo Caliandro (11 March 1982 – 10 June 2011) was an Italian
middle distance runner
Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 15 ...
who won a gold medal at the
2007 European Indoor Championships.
Biography
Caliandro was born in
Francavilla Fontana
Francavilla Fontana ( Francavillese: ) is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Brindisi and region of Apulia, in southern Italy. It is also called the town of the "Imperiali", after the Imperiali, a family of feudal lords who ...
. In his first appearance on the world stage, he ran in the
1500 metres
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at the
1999 World Youth Championships in Athletics
The 1999 World Youth Championships in Athletics was the first edition of the IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics. It was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland from July 16 to July 18, 1999.
Results
Boys
Girls
Medal table
External links
Offi ...
, but did not progress beyond the heats.
[Caliandro, Cosimo]
IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-06-11. He also competed at the
European Youth Olympic Festival
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that year and he won the
gold medal in the
800 metres
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. His first major medal came at the
2001 European Athletics Junior Championships, where he became the
1500 metres
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champion.
As a junior athlete, he represented Italy at the
IAAF World Cross Country Championships
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placing 100th in 2000, and improving to 68th the following year. At the
2001 European Cross Country Championships, he came 28th overall in the men's junior race. His first participation at world senior level was a 44th place at the
2004 World Cross Country Championships.
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Caliandro was eliminated in the heats of the 3000 metres at the 2005 European Athletics Indoor Championships, but returned two years later to win in the event final at the 2007 European Indoor Athletics Championships in ]Birmingham
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. He represented Italy at the 2008 European Athletics Indoor Cup, taking silver over 3000 m.
He won the Cross Della Volpe in Piedmont
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and earned a spot at the 2010 European Cross Country Championships
The 2010 European Cross Country Championships was a continental cross country running competition that took place on 12 December in Albufeira, Portugal. It was the second time that the country hosted the event, building upon the 1997 edition h ...
.
He died on 10 June 2011, as a result of a motorbike accident in his native town of Francavilla Fontana
Francavilla Fontana ( Francavillese: ) is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Brindisi and region of Apulia, in southern Italy. It is also called the town of the "Imperiali", after the Imperiali, a family of feudal lords who ...
, in southern Italy. He had a wife and two sons.
National titles
He won 3 national championships at individual senior level.
*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, w ...
**5000 metres: 2006
* Italian Indoor Athletics Championships
**3000 metres: 2005, 2006
References
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1982 births
People from Francavilla Fontana
Italian male middle-distance runners
Motorcycle road incident deaths
Road incident deaths in Italy
2011 deaths
Athletics competitors of Fiamme Gialle
Sportspeople from the Province of Brindisi