João Capistrano Maria Bussotti Neves Júnior (born 10 May 1993) is a Mozambican and Italian
middle-distance runner competing primarily in the
1500 metres
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. He won five times the
national championships
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.
Biography
Of Mozambican and later acquired Italian citizenship, Bussotti Neves emigrated to Italy with his mother Claudine in 2002. His step father is from
Livorno
Livorno () is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of 158,493 residents in December 2017. It is traditionally known in English as Leghorn (pronou ...
where Joao lives and trains. He took up athletics in 2007.
[ He was cleared by IAAF to compete for Italy since May 2012.2016 EC bio]
Personal bests
Outdoor
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800 metres
The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ...
– 1:47.55 (Orvieto 2016)
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1500 metres
The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...
– 3:37.12 (Marseille 2017)
Indoor
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1500 metres
The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...
– 3:42.82 (Prague 2015)
Achievements
National titles
Bussotti won five national championships.
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Italian Athletics Championships
** 1500 metres:
2017
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2018
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, 2020 (3)
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Italian Indoor Athletics Championships
The Italian Athletics Indoor Championships ( it, Italian Athletics Indoor Championships) are the national championships in athletics of the indoor events, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera from 1970 (first edition ...
** 800 metres: 2015
** 1500 metres: 2015
See also
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Naturalized athletes of Italy
The Naturalized athletes of Italy are those naturalization, naturalized citizens who are part, or have been part, of the Italy national athletics team.
The rules
The Italian Government and consequently Italian Athletics Federation, FIDAL firstly ...
References
External links
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1993 births
Living people
People from Maputo
Italian male middle-distance runners
Athletics competitors of Gruppo Sportivo Esercito
Naturalised citizens of Italy
Immigrants to Italy
Mozambican emigrants
Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games competitors for Italy
Italian Athletics Championships winners