Stefano Tilli (born 22 August 1962) is a former

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sprinter who specialized in the

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and 200 m, twice European indoor champion, three-time semi-finalist at the

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, and was the

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holder in the 200m indoor.

Biography

Tilli was born in Orvieto,

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. In his career he won 17 medals at the

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, eight of these with national relays team. He also won 14

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, from 1984 to 2000, and he has 51 caps in

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, from 1983 to 2000. His personal best in the 100m is 10.16 seconds, which he ran in August 1984 in Zurich. His personal best in the 200m is 20.40 seconds, achieved in September 1984 in Cagliari. Stefano Tilli used to be engaged to the

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n sprinter

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, whom he also coached for a period.

Record

World record

* 200 metres indoor: 20.52 (

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, 21 February 1985) - until 22 February 1987 ( Bruno Marie-Rose, France 20.36 in

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)

European record

* 4 × 200 metres relay: 1:21.10 ( Cagliari 29 September 1983),

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(Stefano Tilli, Carlo Simionato, Giovanni Bongiorni, Pietro Mennea) - current holder

Achievements

National titles

Tilli won 14 national championships at individual senior level. *

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**100 m: 1984, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1997 (6) **100 m: 1986, 1988, 1991 (3) *

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**60 m: 1995, 1996, 2000 (3) **200 m: 1985, 1987 (2)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tilli, Stefano 1962 births Living people People from Orvieto Italian male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Italy World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Sportspeople from the Province of Terni Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Mediterranean Games Italian Athletics Championships winners