Giuseppe D'Urso

Giuseppe D'Urso

Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1969-09-15) 15 September 1969 (age 55) Catania, Italy
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	Middle distance running
Club	CUS Roma Fiamme Azzurre
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	800 m: 1:43.95 (1996) 1500 m: 3:35.78 (1998)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Championships 0 1 0 European Indoor Championships 0 1 0 Summer Universiade 1 0 0 Mediterranean Games 1 0 0 Total 2 2 0

Giuseppe D'Urso (born 15 September 1969) is a former Italian 800 metres runner, vice-world champion in 1993.

Biography

Giuseppe D'Urso won four medals, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions.^[1] He participated at one edition of the Summer Olympics (1996), he has 31 caps in national team from 1989 to 2000.^[2] He won a silver medal at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart. In addition he won a silver medal at the 1996 European Indoor Championships. His personal best in 800 metres is 1'43"95.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Italy
1988	World Junior Championships	Sudbury, Canada	5th	800m	1:53.34
1990	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	7th	800 metres	1:47.29
1991	World Student Games	Sheffield, United Kingdom	1st	800 metres	1:46.82
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	2nd	800 metres	1:44.86
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	5th	800m	1:46.90
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	Heat	800 metres	1:47.43
1996	European Indoor Championships	Stockholm, Sweden	2nd	800 metres	1:48.04
	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	SF	800 metres	1:46.97
1997	Mediterranean Games	Bari, Italy	1st	800 metres	1:47.10
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	DNF	1500 metres	NT
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	SF	800 metres	1:48.95
			DNF	1500 metres	NT
1999	World Championships	Stockholm, Sweden	14th	1500 metres	3:50.71

National titles

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

• 2 wins in the 800 metres (1993, 1994)
• 3 wins in the 800 metres indoor (1993, 1996, 2000)
• 2 wins in the 1500 metres indoor (1997, 1998)

See also

• Italian all-time lists - 800 metres
• Italian all-time lists - 1500 metres
• Italy at the 1990 European Athletics Championships

References

1. "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - UOMINI" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
2. Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
3. ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
4. "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 1 January 2013.

External links

• Giuseppe D'Urso at World Athletics
• Giuseppe D'Urso at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
• Giuseppe D'Urso at Olympedia