Emanuele Di Gregorio
 Emanuele Di Gregorio (right) with Simone Collio at Barcelona 2010 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Italian |
| Born | 13 December 1980 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 |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best |
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Medal record | |
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]
Biography
[edit]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.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Athlete biography: Emanuele di Gregorio". Beijing2008.cn. Archived from the original on 2008-09-15. Retrieved August 29, 2008.
External links
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- 1980 births
- Living people
- Italian male sprinters
- Olympic athletes for Italy
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- People from Castellammare del Golfo
- Athletics competitors of Centro Sportivo Aeronautica Militare
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
- Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
- Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
- Italian Athletics Championships winners
- Sportspeople from the Province of Trapani
- 21st-century Italian sportsmen