| Nickname: | Genny |
| National Team: | Italy |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | Middle-distance running |
| Club: | G.S. Fiamme Oro Snam Gas Metano |
| Birth Date: | 1968 3, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Naples, Italy |
| Weight: | 62kg (137lb) |
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Gennaro Di Napoli (born 5 March 1968) is an Italian former middle distance runner.
He won 13 medals at the International athletics competitions, 10 of these at senior level.[1]
Di Napoli was born in Naples but moved early in his life to Lombardy, in northern Italy. He excelled in the distances from 800 to 3,000 meters. He won the silver medal at the European Championships in Split 1990 over 1500 metres. He missed out on a medal at the World Championships 1991.
In 1992 Di Napoli scored a sensational victory over the world champion Noureddine Morceli from Algeria at the Golden Gala meeting in Rome. However, he got injured two weeks before the Barcelona Olympic Games in 1992, where he participated, but failed to reach the final. In 1993 di Napoli won the 3,000 m Indoor World Championships' gold medal; a title which he defended at the 1995 Indoor Championships. However, his achievements in outdoor races remained mixed.
| Representing | ||||||
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| 1987 | European Junior Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 1500 m | 3:52.10 [2] |
| 1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 21st (sf) | 1500 m | 3:43.58 | |
| 1990 | European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 1500 m | 3:38.60 |
| 1991 | Mediterranean Games | Athens, Greece | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 1500 m | 3:42.80 [3] |
| World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 8th | 1500 m | 3:36.56 | ||
| 1992 | European Indoor Championships | Genoa, Italy | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 3000 m | 7:47.24 |
| Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 17th (sf) | 1500 m | 3:39.56 | ||
| 1993 | World Indoor Championships | Toronto, Canada | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 3000 m | 7:50.26 |
| World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 12th | 1500 m | 3:47.38 | ||
| 1994 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 9th | 1500 m | 3:39.96 | |
| 1995 | World Indoor Championships | Barcelona, Spain | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 3000 m | 7:50.89 |
| World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 11th | 5000 m | 13:46.51 | ||
| 1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 12th | 5000 m | 13:28.36 | |
| (sf) Indicates overall position in semifinal round | ||||||
Di Napoli has won the individual national championship eight times.[4] [5]