Francesco Scuderi (born 4 October 1977) is an Italian sprinter who specialized in the

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Biography

He finished seventh in

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at the

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, together with teammates Francesco Scuderi,

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Maurizio Checcucci Maurizio Checcucci (born 26 February 1974 in Florence) is an Italian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. Biography He finished seventh in 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2000 Olympic Games, together with teammates Francesco Scuderi, Al ...

and

Andrea Colombo Andrea Colombo (born 14 February 1974 in Bollate) is an Italian sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres. He won nine medals (eight at senior level), at the International athletics competitions, seven of these with national relays team. Biogr ...

. He also won the bronze medal at the 1996 World Junior Championships and finished fifth at the 2002 European Indoor Championships, both in the individual distance. At the

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he won a gold medal in relay. He also competed at the 2001 World Championships and the 2002 European Championships without reaching the final. His personal best times were 6.60 seconds in the

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, achieved in the heats of the 1998 European Indoor Championships in

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; 10.19 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in September 2000 in

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; and 20.66 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in June 2006 in

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. He contracted

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in 2003 and could not compete for two years due to the seriousness of the condition. He recovered and managed to gain selection for the 2006 European Athletics Indoor Cup.

Olympic results

National titles

He won 8 national championships at individual senior level. *

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: 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 *

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: 1998, 2001, 2002, 2006

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Scuderi, Francesco 1977 births Living people Italian male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Italy Athletics competitors of Fiamme Azzurre Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Athletes (track and field) at the 2001 Mediterranean Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Italian Athletics Championships winners Sportspeople from Catania

Biography

Olympic results

National titles

See also

References

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