Emanuele_Di_Gregorio
Emanuele Di Gregorio
Italian sprinter (born 1980)
Emanuele Di Gregorio (born 13 December 1980 in Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Italy.[1]
 Emanuele Di Gregorio (right) with Simone Collio at Barcelona 2010 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Italian |
| Born | (1980-12-13) 13 December 1980 (age 43) Castellammare del Golfo, Italy |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Italy |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Sprint |
| Club | C.S. Aeronautica Militare |
| Retired | 2013 |
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Medal record | |
Di Gregorio represented Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed in the 4×100 metres relay together with Fabio Cerutti, Simone Collio and Jacques Riparelli. In their qualification heat they were disqualified and eliminated.[1] He achieved a new personal best at the 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Turin with a 6.56-second run for the 60 metres dash. A photo-finish revealed he came in third just ahead of Great Britain's Simeon Williamson (6.57).
He succeeded at the regional level with a silver medal in the 100 m at the 2009 Mediterranean Games, before adding the relay gold to his honours. He ran at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, reaching the 100 m quarter-finals and he also helped the men's 4×100 metres relay team to sixth in the final.
He ran a personal best in the 100 m at the 2010 European Athletics Championships, finishing in 10.17 seconds into a headwind to earn himself a place in the event final. He finished seventh in his first major outdoor final. He scored his first Italian record in the 100 m relay event with the men's team, who took the silver behind France in a record time of 38.17 seconds.
- "Athlete biography: Emanuele di Gregorio". Beijing2008.cn. Archived from the original on 2008-09-15. Retrieved August 29, 2008.
