Marco De Luca (born 12 May 1981 in Rome) is an Italian
race walker. His best results at International level are 7th place
[He was 8th, but became 7th after a disqaulification of an athlete for doping causes.] at
2009 World Championships and 6th
[He was 7th, but became 6th after a disqaulification of an athlete for doping causes.] at
2006 European Championships and
2010 European Championships.
But the most prestigious achievement of his career was achieved in 2016, at age 35, when he finished fourth at the
World Race Walking Team Championships, but was awarded the bronze medal following the disqualification for
doping of the teammate
Alex Schwazer
Alex Schwazer, OMRI (born 26 December 1984), is an Italian race walker. He was the 2008 Olympic 50k walk champion. He retired during the 2012 Olympics after being disqualified for doping offences.
Biography
Schwazer was born in Sterzing, Sou ...
, who had won the gold medal.
He competed at the
2020 Summer Olympics
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...
in
50 km walk.
Biography
Marco De Luca won three times the individual
national championship
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.
At
London 2017 for him it is the seventh consecutive participation in the
World Championships
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. He also participated at three editions of the
Summer Olympics from 2008 to 201 and four consecutive editions (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018) of
European Championships (in the editions of the European Championships of the Olympic years, 2012 and 2016, the
race walk
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was not part of the program).
Achievements
National titles
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Italian Athletics Championships
The Italian Athletics Championships ( it, Campionati italiani assoluti di atletica leggera) are the national championships in athletics, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera.
The first edition, four races only, w ...
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20 km walk: road: 2011
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50 km walk: road: 2006, 2009
See also
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Italy at the European Race Walking Cup - Multiple medalists
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Italian all-time lists - 50 km walk
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:De Luca, Marco
1981 births
Living people
Athletes from Rome
Italian male racewalkers
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Italy
World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
Athletics competitors of Fiamme Gialle
Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics