Danilo Goffi Explained

Nationality:Italian
Sport:Athletics
Event:Marathon
Country: Italy
Club:C.S. Carabinieri
Birth Date:1972 12, df=y
Birth Place:Legnano, Italy
Coach:Giorgio Rondelli
Retired:2015[1]
Weight:52kg (115lb)
Pb:
  • 5000 me: 13:44.64 (1995)
  • 10,000 m: 28:28.39 (1996)
    • Marathon: 2:08:33 (1998)

Danilo Goffi (born 3 December 1972, in Legnano) is a former Italian long-distance runner, who specializes in the marathon. He represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics and has also competed at the World Championships in Athletics. He was the silver medallist in the marathon at the 1998 European Athletics Championships.

He won two times the Italian national championships of the marathon; the first time in 1995 when he was 23 years old, and the second time, 19 years after in 2014 when he was 42.[2]

Biography

Goffi won the 1995 Venice Marathon and was part of the Italian bronze medal-winning team at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships that year. He won the Turin Marathon in 2005 and also competed at the 2010 edition of the race, finishing in fifth place.[3] He was the first Italian finisher at the 2011 Venice Marathon, coming in seventh place overall with his time of 2:14:41 hours.[4]

Achievements

1991European Junior ChampionshipsThessaloniki, Greece1st10,000 m30:18.62
1995Venice MarathonVenice, Italy1stMarathon2:09:26
1996Olympic GamesAtlanta, United States9thMarathon2:15:08
1997Athens, Greece4thMarathon2:14:47
1998Budapest, Hungarybgcolor=silver 2ndMarathon2:12:11
1999Seville, Spain5thMarathon2:14:50
2001Berlin, Germany5thMarathon2:10:35
2002Munich, Germany13thMarathon2:15:57
2006European ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden11thMarathon2:14:45

National titles

1999

1996

1995, 2014

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: EXTREME PEOPLE 102 - Danilo Goffi Story. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211217/Bvlgz23w7jg . 2021-12-17 . live. youtube.com. it. 20 August 2017.
  2. Web site: Danilo Goffi: una vita a suon di 42 km. losportinsegna.it. ...conquista il titolo italiano assoluto di Maratona a Milano: 19 anni dopo il primo trionfo. it. 16 August 2017.
  3. Sampaolo, Diego (2010-11-14). Pertile surprises in rainy Turin, Jeptoo takes women’s crown. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-11-14.
  4. Sampaolo, Diego (2011-10-23). Kirop smashes women’s record in Venice. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-10-23.