Stefano Mei
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Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | La Spezia, Italy | February 3, 1963||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Middle distance run Long-distance run | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | G.S. Fiamme Oro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stefano Mei (born 3 February 1963 in La Spezia) is an Italian long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 and 10000 metres. European champion on 10000 m in 1986.
From 31 January 2021 he is the new president of Italian Athletics Federation (FIDAL).[1]
Biography
[edit]Stefano Mei won eight medals, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions.[2] He participated at two editions of the Summer Olympics (1984 and 1988), he has 42 caps in national team from 1981 to 1994.[3] In his career he won 8 times the national championships. Since 2 December 2012 Stefano Mei was Federal Councillor of the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera (FIDAL), in the Franco Arese leaderships.[4]
Achievements
[edit]National titles
[edit]Stefano Mei has won 8 times the individual national championship.
- 4 wins in 5000 metres at the Italian Athletics Championships (1984, 1986, 1989, 1991)[6]
- 1 win in 1500 metres at the Italian Athletics Championships (1985)[6]
- 3 wins in 3000 metres at the Italian Athletics Indoor Championships (1985, 1986, 1989)[7]
See also
[edit]- Italian all-time lists - 1500 metres
- Italian all-time lists - 5000 metres
- Italian all-time lists - 10000 metres
- FIDAL Hall of Fame
References
[edit]- ^ "Fidal, Stefano Mei nuovo presidente: "L'atletica è gioia, ora discontinuità"" (in Italian). gazzetta.it. 31 January 2021. Archived from the original on 31 January 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - UOMINI" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 September 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
- ^ Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
- ^ "Stefano Mei - Consigliere federale" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- ^ He ran 3:37.96 in Heats.
- ^ a b "ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- ^ "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
External links
[edit]- Stefano Mei at World Athletics
- Stefano Mei at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Stefano Mei at Olympics.com
- Stefano Mei at Olympedia
- Interview: Stefano Mei
- 1963 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from La Spezia
- Italian male long-distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Italy
- Athletics competitors of Fiamme Oro
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- European athletics champions for Italy
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Italy
- Medalists at the 1989 Summer Universiade
- Italian Athletics Championships winners
- 20th-century Italian sportsmen