Enrico Saraceni (born May 19, 1964 in
Fossacesia Fossacesia is a city in the province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of Italy.
The town is located on a small hill on the left of the Sangro River's mouth, about from the Adriatic Sea
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,
Italy
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) is an Italian athlete, known for setting the M40 division
Masters Athletics World Record in the
400 metres
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.
Biography
His first known results date to 1995 in the European athletic competition for postal workers. In 2001 he was the Italian champion in the Indoor 400 metres, running 47.56. Later that year, he also set his personal best 46.86, at the age of 37 at
Brixen
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Geography
First mentioned in 901, Brixen is the third largest city and oldest town in the province, and the artistic and ...
, which qualified him to represent Italy in the
European Cup
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in
Bremen, Germany
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, as well as participating as the 3rd leg on the 4x400 relay.
As a
Masters athlete after turning 40 in 2004, he won the European Masters Championships at
Aarhus, Denmark
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, winning both the
200 metres
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and 400 metres, setting the record at 47.81. The record was formerly held by Olympic champion
Lee Evans. Since then he has also added the world record in the Indoor 400 metres at 48.95 set at the World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships in
Clermont-Ferrand, France
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in 2008. Saraceni has won numerous additional world championships in the Masters division.
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See also
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List of world records in masters athletics
Masters athletics is a class of the sport of athletics for athletes of over 35 years of age. The events include track and field, road running and cross country running. These are the current world records in various five-year-groups , maintained b ...
References
External links
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1964 births
Living people
Sportspeople from the Province of Chieti
Italian masters athletes
World record setters in masters athletics
People from Fossacesia