Franco Arese Explained

Franco Arese
Fullname:	Francesco Arese
Nationality:	Italian
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Middle distance running
Club:	Atalanta Balangero
Birth Date:	1944 4, df=y
Birth Place:	Centallo, Italy
Weight:	700NaN0
Pb:	800 m: 1:46.6 (1972) 1500 m: 3:36.3 (1971) Mile: 3:56.7 (1971) 5000 m: 13:40.0 (1971) 10000 m: 28:27.0 (1971)
Country:	Italy

Francesco "Franco" Arese (born 13 April 1944 in Centallo) is an Italian middle-distance runner, competing mainly at 1500 m. Arese won the 1500 meters final at the 1971 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland.^[1]

He was the President of Italian Athletics Federation (FIDAL).^[2]

Biography

Arese has won several Italian championships on 800, 1500 and 5000 meters.^[3] He competed in both the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City and the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, but on both occasions failed to qualify for the final.

National titles

He won 12 times the national championship.

• 4 wins in 800 metres at the Italian Athletics Championships (1968, 1969, 1972, 1973)^[4]
• 4 wins in 1500 metres at the Italian Athletics Championships (1986, 1967, 1968, 1970)
• 1 win in 5000 metres at the Italian Athletics Championships (1971)
• 1 win in Cross country running at the Italian Athletics Championships (1970)
• 1 win in 1500 metres at the Italian Athletics Indoor Championships (1972)^[5]
• 1 win in 3000 metres at the Italian Athletics Indoor Championships (1970)

See also

• FIDAL Hall of Fame

Notes and References

1. http://www.gbrolympics.com/ic/ec.htm gbrathletics – European Championships (Men)
2. Web site: Franco Arese – Presidente federale. fial.it. it. 19 October 2012.
3. Web site: gbrathletics – Italian Championships . 2010-01-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110711081006/http://www.gbrolympics.com/nc/ita.htm . 2011-07-11 . dead .
4. Web site: ITALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS. gbrathletics.com. 21 June 2012.
5. Web site: ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS. gbrathletics.com. 21 June 2012.