Andrea Longo (runner)
















































Andrea Longo
Personal information
Nationality Italian
Born
(1975-06-26) 26 June 1975 (age 43)
Piove di Sacco, Italy
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
Country
Italy Italy
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Middle distance running
Club G.S. Fiamme Oro
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 800 m: 1:43.74 (2000)

Medal record


















Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 1997 Bari 800 metres

European U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 1997 Turku 800 metres



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




Contents






  • 1 Biography


  • 2 Achievements


  • 3 National titles


  • 4 See also


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





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 is 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..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  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 Olympics at Sports-Reference.com


  • Andrea Longo at the International Olympic Committee


  • Andrea Longo at IAAF

  • BBC report on drugs ban











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