Emanuele Di Gregorio Explained

Emanuele Di Gregorio
Nationality:Italian
Sport:Athletics
Event:Sprint
Club:C.S. Aeronautica Militare
Birth Date:1980 12, df=y
Birth Place:Castellammare del Golfo, Italy
Retired:2013
Weight:64kg (141lb)
Pb:
  • 100 m: 10"17 (2009)
Country: Italy

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

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Athlete biography: Emanuele di Gregorio . https://web.archive.org/web/20080915175337/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/4/246504.shtml . 2008-09-15 . dead . . August 29, 2008.