Andrea Longo (runner)

Andrea Longo

Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1975-06-26) 26 June 1975 (age 49) Piove di Sacco, Italy
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	Middle distance running
Club	G.S. Fiamme Oro
Achievements and titles
Personal best	800 m: 1:43.74 (2000)
Medal record Mediterranean Games 1997 Bari 800 metres European U23 Championships 1997 Turku 800 metres

Andrea Longo (born 26 June 1975 in Piove di Sacco) is a former Italian middle-distance runner.

Biography

He achieved his personal best just before Sydney Olympics, running 1'43"74 in Rieti in September 2000, reaching the second place in the all-time ranking in Italy, behind former world record holder Marcello Fiasconaro. He was disqualified from the 800 metres final at the 2000 Summer Olympics after barging Switzerland's André Bucher. He served a two-year ban from 2001 for testing positive for nandrolone.

After his ban his best performances have been a 5th place at the 2003 World Championships and a 7th place at the 2006 European Athletics Championships, both in the 800m. He was also a semi-finalist at the 2004 Olympics. He was the European record holder for the rarely run 600m (1'14"41). He is the husband of Fabé Dia.^[1]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Italy
1994	World Junior Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	10th (sf)	800m	1:52.00
1997	European U23 Championships	Turku, Finland	1st	800m	1:46.49
			7th	4 × 400 m relay	3:08.00
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	6th	800 metres	1:45.33 [2]
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	5th	800 metres	1:45.43

National titles

Andrea Longo has won 7 times the individual national championship.^[3][4]

• 4 wins in the 800 metres (1998, 1999, 2000, 2005)
• 1 win in the 800 metres indoor (1997)
• 2 wins in the 1500 metres indoor (2004, 2005)

See also

• Italian all-time lists - 800 metres
• List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

References

1. "La cena del sorriso Testimonial sportivi per donare il sorriso con Operation Smile" (in Italian). webdiocesi.chiesacattolica.it. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
2. He ran in a better cron (1:45.01) in preliminary rounds.
3. ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
4. "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 14 December 2012.

External links

• Andrea Longo at World Athletics
• Andrea Longo at European Athletics
• Andrea Longo at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
• Andrea Longo at Olympics.com
• Andrea Longo at Olympedia
• BBC report on drugs ban