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) |
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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]
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.