Stefano Baldini
Italy
Marathon
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Career Stefano Baldini was born on 25th May, 1971, in Castelnuovo Sotto and he is a retired italian athlete, Olympic Champion in Athens 2004 and twice European Champion (1998 and 2006). After a full life of sport successes in the Marathon field, in 2010, after the Athletics European Championships of Barcelona, at the age of 37, he announced his retirement from the competitions, turning his engagement in the sport world into strictly high technical roles. Stefano is actually Technical Manager of the Italian Athletics Federation (FIDAL) - Junior category and official testimonial for Asics, Enervit and Born2Run.
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Personal bests
Italian Junior Champion, 5000m, 1989.
1990: Junior Italian Champion, 3000m; Cross Italian Junior Champion, 3000m, 13th position; World Junior Champion, 5000m, 6th position.
1991: Meditteranean Games, 5000m, 5°.
1992: Italian Championships, 5000m, 3°.
1993: Mediterranean Games, 5000m, 5°, Italian Champion 10000m.
1994: Cross World Championships, 51°; Italian Champion 10000m; European Championships of Helsinki, finalist, 10000m (18°).
1995: Cross World Championships, (90°); World Cup, 1°, 10000m; finalist Goteborg World Championships, 10000m (18°), Italian Champion, Half Marathon.
1996: Cross World Championships (48°); Atlanta Olympic Games, 10000m (18°), semifinalist 5000m; Half Marathon Champion in Palma di Maiorca.
1997: Half Marathon Italian Record (1h00’56” Roma-Ostia); Marathon Italian Record (2h07’57” Londra); Athens World Championships, 10000m (9°); 2° at the London Marathon; 3° at the New York City Marathon.
1998: European Champion at the Budapest Marathon; Italian Champion at the Half Marathon, 1° at the Rome Marathon.
2000: Italian record at the Half Marathon of Copenaghen-Malmoe (1h00’50”).
2001: 3° at the Edmonton World Championships (Marathon); Italian Champion, 10000m; 2° at the Turin Marathon; 1° at the MillenniumMarathon of Madrid.
2002: Italian record at the London Marathon (2h07’29”); Italian Champion, 10000m; finalist at the European Championships of Munich, 10000m (4°); 5° at the New York City Marathon.
2003: 2° at the London Marathon; 3° at the World Championships of Paris(Marathon).
2004: 4° at athe London Marathon; GOLD medal at the Olympic Games of Athens 2004.
2005: 5° at the London Marathon.
2006: Italian Record at the London Marathon, 2h07'22", (5°); European Marathon Champion in Goteborg; 6° at the New York City Marathon.
2007: 4° at theNew York City Marathon.
2008: 12° at the Olympic Games in Beijing.
2009: Italian Champion for the Half Marathon.
2010: Italian Champion, 10k, road race.
National championships
Italian Championships (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010).
Venice Marathon, 1995, 2:11:01, 6th position.
Rome Marathon, 1998, 2:09:33, 1st position.
Turin Marathon, 2001, 2:08:51, 2nd position.
International championships
London Marathon, 1997, 2:07:57, 2nd position.
New York Marathon, 1997, 2:09:31, 3rd position.
London Marathon, 2000, 2:09:45, 6th position.
Madrid Marathon, 2001, 2:09:59, 1st position.
London Marathon, 2002, 2:07:29, 6th position.
New York Marathon, 2002, 2:09:12, 5th position.
London Marathon, 2003, 2:07:56, 2nd position.
London Marathon, 2004, 2:08:37, 4th position.
London Marathon, 2005, 2:09:25, 5th position.
London Marathon, 2006, 2:07:22 National Record, 5th position.
New York Marathon, 2006, 2:11:33, 6th position.
New York Marathon, 2007, 2:11:58, 4th position.
London Marathon, 2008, 2:13:06, 12th position.
External links
http://www.stefanobaldini.net/
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Year |
Event |
Location |
Event |
Position |
Performance |
Note |
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1989 |
European Athletics Junior Championships |
Varazdin |
5.000m |
9 |
- |
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1990 |
World Athletics Junior Championships |
Plovdiv |
5.000m |
6 |
- |
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1991 |
Mediterranean Games |
Athens |
5.000m |
5 |
- |
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1993 |
Italian Athletics Championships |
10.000m |
Gold |
- |
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1993 |
Mediterranean Games |
Linguadoca-Rossiglione |
5.000m |
5 |
- |
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1994 |
Italian Athletics Championships |
10.000m |
Gold |
- |
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1994 |
European Athletics Championships |
Helsinki |
10.000m |
20 |
- |
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1995 |
World Athletics Championships |
10.000m |
18 |
- |
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1995 |
Europe Cup |
Villeneuve d'Ascq |
10.000m |
Gold |
- |
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1995 |
Italian Athletics Championships |
10.000m |
Gold |
- |
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1995 |
Italian Athletics Championships |
Half Marathon |
Gold |
- |
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1996 |
Italian Athletics Championships |
10.000m |
Gold |
- |
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1996 |
World Half Marathon Championships |
Palma de Mallorca |
21k |
Gold |
- |
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1996 |
Atlanta Olympic Games |
Atlanta |
10.000m |
18 |
- |
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1997 |
World Athletics Championships |
Athens |
10.000m |
9 |
- |
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1997 |
World Half Marathon Championships |
Kosice |
21k |
9 |
- |
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1997 |
16th Montefortiana Turà |
Monteforte d'Alpone |
10,065k |
Gold |
- |
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1998 |
Italian Athletics Championships |
Half Marathon |
Gold |
- |
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1998 |
Athletics European Championships |
Budapest |
Marathon |
Gold |
- |
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2001 |
Italian Athletics Championships |
10.000m |
Gold |
- |
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2001 |
World Athletics Championships |
Edmonton |
Marathon |
Bronze |
- |
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2002 |
Italian Athletics Championships |
10.000m |
Gold |
- |
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2002 |
European Athletics Championships |
Munich |
10.000m |
4 |
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2003 |
World Athletics Championships |
Paris |
Marathon |
Bronze |
- |
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2004 |
Italian Athletics Marathon |
Half Marathon |
Gold |
- |
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2004 |
Athens Olympic Games |
Athens |
Marathon |
Gold |
- |
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2006 |
European Athletics Championships |
Gothenburg |
Marathon |
Gold |
- |
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2006 |
Italian Athletics Championships |
Half Marathon |
Gold |
- |
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2008 |
Beijing Olympic Games |
Beijing |
Marathon |
12 |
- |
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2009 |
Italian Athletics Championships |
Half Marathon |
Gold |
- |
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2010 |
Italian Athletics Championships |
10k on the road |
Gold |
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