Ezio Madonia (born 7 August 1966) is a retired

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sprinter who specialized in the

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, that won ten medals with the national relay team at the

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and three at individual level. He is the coach of Luminosa Bogliolo.

Biography

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he helped win bronze medals at the 1990 European Championships in Split, 1994 European Championships in Helsinki and 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg. The relay team finished seventh at the 1987 World Championships, fifth at the

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and fifth at the 1991 World Championships. In 100 metres he took a silver medal at the 1987 Mediterranean Games and won the

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. His personal best time is 10.26 seconds, achieved in June 1990 in Arzignano. In

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he finished fourth at the 1992 European Indoor Championships.

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National titles

He has won 3 times the individual

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. *2 wins in the

(1991, 1993) *1 win in the

indoor (1992)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Madonia, Ezio 1966 births Living people People from Albenga Italian male sprinters Athletics competitors of Fiamme Gialle Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Italy World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Mediterranean Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Italian athletics coaches Italian Athletics Championships winners Sportspeople from the Province of Savona

Biography

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