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Emanuele Di Gregorio

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Emanuele Di Gregorio
Emanuele Di Gregorio (right) with Simone Collio at Barcelona 2010
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1980-12-13) 13 December 1980 (age 43)
Castellammare del Golfo, Italy
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
CountryItaly Italy
SportAthletics
EventSprint
ClubC.S. Aeronautica Militare
Retired2013
Achievements and titles
Personal best
  • 100 m: 10"17 (2009)
Medal record
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2010 Barcelona 4 x 100 m relay
European Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Torino 60 m
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2009 Pescara 4x100 m
Silver medal – second place 2009 Pescara 100 m

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]

Biography

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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.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Athlete biography: Emanuele di Gregorio". Beijing2008.cn. Archived from the original on 2008-09-15. Retrieved August 29, 2008.
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