Giuseppe D'Urso (born 15 September 1969) is a former
Italian
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800 metres
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runner, vice-
world champion
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in 1993.
Biography
Giuseppe D'Urso won four medals, at senior level, at the
International athletics competitions
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. He participated at one edition of the
Summer Olympics
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(1996), he has 31 caps in
national team
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from 1989 to 2000. He won a silver medal at the
1993 World Championships in Stuttgart. In addition he won a silver medal at the
1996 European Indoor Championships. His personal best in 800 metres is 1'43"95.
Achievements
National titles
He has won 7 times the individual
national championship
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.
*2 wins in the
800 metres
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(1993, 1994)
*3 wins in the 800 metres indoor (1993, 1996, 2000)
*2 wins in the
1500 metres
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indoor (1997, 1998)
See also
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Italian all-time lists - 800 metres
*
Italian all-time lists - 1500 metres
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Italy at the 1990 European Athletics Championships
References
External links
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1969 births
Living people
Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Italian male middle-distance runners
Olympic athletes of Italy
Sportspeople from Catania
World Athletics Championships medalists
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1997 Mediterranean Games
Universiade gold medalists for Italy
Medalists at the 1991 Summer Universiade
Athletics competitors of Fiamme Azzurre