| Stefano Mei | |
| Nationality: | Italian |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | Middle distance run Long-distance run |
| Club: | G.S. Fiamme Oro |
| Birth Date: | 1963 2, mf=yes |
| Birth Place: | La Spezia, Italy |
| Height: | 1.85 m |
| Weight: | 80 kg |
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| Country: |  Italy |
Stefano Mei (born 3 February 1963 in La Spezia) is an Italian long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 and 10000 metres. European champion on 10000 m in 1986.
From 31 January 2021 he is the new president of Italian Athletics Federation (FIDAL).[1]
Stefano Mei won eight medals, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions.[2] He participated at two editions of the Summer Olympics (1984 and 1988), he has 42 caps in national team from 1981 to 1994.[3] In his career he won 8 times the national championships. Since 2 December 2012 Stefano Mei was Federal Councillor of the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera (FIDAL), in the Franco Arese leaderships.[4]
| Representing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | European Championships | Athens, Greece | 17th (h) | 1500 m | 3:43.05 | |
| 1983 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 20th (sf) | 1500 m | 3:41.78[5] | |
| 1984 | Olympic Games | Los Angeles, United States | 14th (sf) | 1500 m | 3:37.96 | |
| 1985 | European Indoor Championships | Piraeus, Greece | 7th | 1500 m | 3:41.26 | |
| European Cup | Moscow, Soviet Union | 3rd | 1500 m | 3:45.14 | ||
| Universiade | Kobe, Japan | 1st | 5000 m | 13:56.48 | ||
| World Cup | Canberra, Australia | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 5000 m | 14:05.99 | |
| 1986 | European Indoor Championships | Madrid, Spain | 2nd | 3000 m | 7:59.12 | |
| European Championships | Stuttgart, West Germany | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 5000 m | 13:11.57 | |
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | 10,000m | 27:56.79 | |||
| 1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 7th | 5000 m | 13:26.17 | |
| 1989 | World Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 8th | 3000 m | 7:53.73 | |
| Universiade | Duisburg, West Germany | 1st | 5000 m | 13:39.04 | ||
| 1990 | European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | 7th | 5000 m | 13:27.13 | |
| 3rd | 10,000 m | 28:04.46 | ||||
| 1991 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | — | 5000 m | DNF | |
| 1992 | European Indoor Championships | Genoa, Italy | 7th | 3000 m | 7:51.42 | |
Stefano Mei has won 8 times the individual national championship.