Simone Collio (born 27 December 1979 in

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) is an Italian sprinter who specializes in the 60 and

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.Athlete biography: Simone Collio
beijing2008.cn, ret: Aug 26, 2008 His personal best times are 6.55 seconds in the 60 metres (indoor) and 10.06 seconds in the 100 metres, the third all-time best performance in the Italian ranking of 100 meters, after the 10.01 at altitude of Pietro Mennea and 9.99 of Filippo Tortu.

Biography

Participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he achieved fourth place in his 100 metres heat, thus securing qualification to the second round. He then achieved sixth place in his second round heat, thus failing to secure qualification to the semi-finals. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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he competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed 3rd in his heat behind Richard Thompson and

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in a time of 10.32 seconds. He qualified for the second round in which he failed to qualify for the semi-finals as his time of 10.33 was the 7th time in his race, causing elimination. Together with Fabio Cerutti,

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and

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he also competed at the 4x100 metres relay. In their qualification heat they were disqualified and eliminated for the further competition.

Personal life

He was engaged to the

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sprinter Ivet Lalova, whom he met in

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. They married in September 2013.

Personal bests

*All information taken from IAAF profile.

Achievements

National titles

He won 7 national championships at individual senior level. *

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: 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010 *

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: 2004, 2005, 2009

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Collio, Simone 1979 births Living people People from Cernusco sul Naviglio Italian male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Italy Athletics competitors of Fiamme Gialle European Athletics Championships medalists Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Athletes (track and field) at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2013 Mediterranean Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Italian Athletics Championships winners Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Milan