Giacomo Leone Explained

Giacomo Leone
Nationality:Italian
Sport:Athletics
Event:Marathon
Birth Date:1971 4, df=y
Birth Place:Francavilla Fontana, Italy
Retired:1983
Pb:Marathon: 2h07'52" (2001)
Country: Italy

Giacomo Leone (born 10 April 1971 in Francavilla Fontana, Brindisi) is a retired male long-distance runner from Italy. He set his personal best (2:07:52) in the marathon on 4 March 2001 in Otsu, Japan. Leone is best known for winning the 1996 edition of the New York City Marathon.[1] [2]

Biography

He was the last European to win New York City Marathon before the African dominance, except for Brazilian victories in 2006 and 2008. Leone still holds the record of "Italian most quick" to NYC Marathon.

When 18–20 years old he started to run distances over 20 km and in 1989 won the bronze medal in European Athletics Junior Championships (in 1989 edition in Varaždin, on 20 km Road Race);[3] in the next year he places himself at fifth place at Juniores World Championship on the same distance. When he was 20 he debuted in a marathon at Sheffield Universiade.

Achievements

Representing
1990World Junior ChampionshipsPlovdiv, Bulgaria5th20 km road run1:03:01
1993Buffalo, United StatesMarathonDNF
1996New York, United States1stMarathon2:09:54
1997Athens, Greece7thMarathon2:17:16
1998Budapest, Hungary - MarathonDNF
2000Rome City MarathonRome, Italy2ndMarathon2:08:41
Sydney, Australia5thMarathon2:12:14
2001Lake Biwa MarathonŌtsu, Japan2ndMarathon2:07:52
Edmonton, Canada11thMarathon2:17:54
2006European ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden - MarathonDNF

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Annuario FIDAL dell'atletica 2010. asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com. it. 21 March 2021. 28 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210828003321/http://asdpedaggio-castiglionetorinese.com/files/annuario-fidal.pdf. dead.
  2. Web site: TUTTI I CAMPIONI ITALIANI – 1906/2014. sportolimpico.it. 21 March 2021.
  3. Web site: EUROPEAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN). gbrathletics.com. 12 April 2012.