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Itai Maggidi

Itai Maggidi

Israeli long-distance runner

Itai Maggidi (Hebrew: איתי מגידי, born 9 January 1981) is an Israeli long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.

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Biography

Itai Maggidi is Jewish.[1] He attended Clemson University.[2]

Sports career

Itai Maggidi finished 6th at the 2000 World Junior Championships, 11th at the 2006 European Championships and 12th (in the 3000 metres) at the 2007 European Indoor Championships. He also competed at the 2007 World Championships and competed on behalf of Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, in the 2008 Olympic Games 3000 metre steeplechase without reaching the final.[3][4]

His personal best time is 8:24.14 minutes, achieved in July 2008 in Longeville-lès-Metz.[3] This is the Israeli record.[citation needed] He also has 3:41.73 minutes in the 1500 metres, achieved in August 2003 in Heusden-Zolder; 7:55.42 minutes in the 3000 metres (indoor), achieved at the 2007 European Indoor Championships in Birmingham; and 29:29.34 minutes in the 10,000 metres, achieved in March 2006 in Palo Alto.[3]

Competition record

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References

  1. [1]
    "Jews in the Olympics: 63 Athletes, 7 Countries". Jewishinstlouis.org. Archived from the original on April 7, 2012. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
  2. [2]
    "NCAA Division I Regional Championships". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
  3. [3]
    Itai Maggidi at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  4. [4]
    "Israel at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on August 12, 2011. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
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