Simone_Collio

Simone Collio

Simone Collio

Italian sprinter

Simone Collio (born 27 December 1979 in Cernusco sul Naviglio) is an Italian sprinter who specializes in the 60 and 100 metres.[1] His personal best times are 6.55 seconds in the 60 metres (indoor) and 10.06 seconds in the 100 metres, the third all-time best performance in the Italian ranking of 100 meters, after the 10.01 at altitude of Pietro Mennea and 9.99 of Filippo Tortu.

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Biography

Participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he achieved fourth place in his 100 metres heat, thus securing qualification to the second round. He then achieved sixth place in his second round heat, thus failing to secure qualification to the semi-finals. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing he competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed 3rd in his heat behind Richard Thompson and Martial Mbandjock in a time of 10.32 seconds. He qualified for the second round, in which he failed to qualify for the semi-finals as his time of 10.33 was the 7th time in his race, causing elimination.[1] Together with Fabio Cerutti, Emanuele di Gregorio and Jacques Riparelli he also competed at the 4x100 metres relay. In their qualification heat, they were disqualified and eliminated for the further competition.[1]

Personal life

He was engaged to the Bulgarian sprinter Ivet Lalova, whom he met in Sofia. They married in September 2013.[2][3]

Personal bests

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  • All information taken from IAAF profile.[4]

Achievements

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National titles

He won 7 national championships at individual senior level.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Athlete Biography: COLLIO Simone". Beijing2008.cn. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 8 September 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2008.
  2. [2]
    "L' uomo più veloce di Milano 'Il mio segreto è donna' - la Repubblica.it".
  3. [3]
    "Collio - Lalova". 28 August 2010.
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    Biography Collio, Simone. IAAF. Retrieved on 8 May 2009.
  5. [5]
    "CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO DAL 1906 AL 2011 - UOMINI" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  6. [6]
    "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
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