Vincenzo Modica
Italian long-distance runner
1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)- Half marathon: 1:01:03 (1993)
- Marathon: 2:11:39 (1996)
Medal record
World Championships | ||
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1999 Sevilla | Marathon | |
European Championships | ||
1998 Budapest | Marathon | |
European Marathon Cup | ||
1998 Budapest | Team | |
1998 Budapest | Individual[1] | |
World Half Marathon Championships | ||
2001 Montbéliard-Belfort | Team | |
European 10,000m Cup | ||
1997 Barakaldo | Team |
Vincenzo Massimo Modica (born 2 March 1971 in Mistretta) is an Italian long-distance runner who competed in the marathon.
He was the bronze medallist in that event at the 1998 European Athletics Championships then took the silver medal behind Abel Antón at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics.
Biography
He was a six-time participant at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships and was twice in the top twenty of the junior race. He represented Italy in the marathon at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, but failed to finish the race.
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Italy | |||||
1990 | World Junior Championships | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | 7th | 10,000m | 29:09.06 |
1994 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 11th | 10,000 m | 28:17.24 |
1997 | World Championships | Athens, Greece | — | Marathon | DNF |
1998 | European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 3rd | Marathon | 2:12:53 |
1999 | World Championships | Seville, Spain | 2nd | Marathon | 2:14:03 |
2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | — | Marathon | DNF |
National titles
Vincenzo Modica has won 8 times the individual national championship.[2][3]
- 2 wins in 10000 metres (1991, 1999)
- 3 wins in Half marathon (1992, 1993, 1994)
- 1 win in Marathon (2005)
- 2 wins in Cross country running (1993, 1997)
See also
References
- ^ The ranking coincided with the ranking of the 1998 European Championships marathon race.
- ^ ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
- ^ "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
External links
- Vincenzo Modica at World Athletics
- Vincenzo Modica at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Vincenzo Modica at Olympedia
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- 1913: Carlo Martinenghi
- 1914: Carlo Speroni
- 1915-1918: not held
- 1919: Augusto Maccario
- 1920–21: Carlo Speroni
- 1922: Primo Brega
- 1923: Costante Lussana
- 1924–25: Carlo Speroni
- 1926: Francesco Mai
- 1927: Luigi Rossini
- 1928–30: Giuseppe Robino
- 1931: Angelo Malachina
- 1932: Spartaco Morelli
- 1933: Angelo Malachina
- 1934: Spartaco Morelli
- 1935: Giovanni Balbusso
- 1936–37: Giuseppe Beviacqua
- 1938–39: Giuseppe Lippi
- 1940: Cristofano Sestini
- 1941: Giovanni Cultrone
- 1942–43: Giuseppe Beviacqua
- 1944: not held
- 1945: Alfredo Lazzerini
- 1946–48: Giuseppe Beviacqua
- 1949: Pietro Balistreri
- 1950: Cristofano Sestini
- 1951–53: Giacomo Peppicelli
- 1954: Giambattista Martini
- 1955: Giuseppe Lavelli
- 1956: Franco Volpi
- 1957: Francesco Perrone
- 1958: Antonio Ambu
- 1959: Franco Volpi
- 1960: Luigi Conti
- 1961: Franco Antonelli
- 1962: Antonio Ambu
- 1963: Luigi Conti
- 1964–68: Antonio Ambu
- 1969–75: Giuseppe Cindolo
- 1976: Venanzio Ortis
- 1977: Luigi Zarcone
- 1978: Venanzio Ortis
- 1979: Luigi Zarcone
- 1980: Claudio Solone
- 1981–82: Alberto Cova
- 1983: Loris Pimazzoni
- 1984: Gianni Demadonna
- 1985: Salvatore Nicosia
- 1986: Francesco Panetta
- 1987–88: Giuseppe Miccoli
- 1989: Massimo Santamaria
- 1990: Graziano Calvaresi
- 1991: Vincenzo Modica
- 1992: Paolo Donati
- 1993–96: Stefano Baldini
- 1997: Rachid Berradi
- 1998: Danilo Goffi
- 1999: Vincenzo Modica
- 2000: Daniele Caimmi
- 2001–02: Stefano Baldini
- 2003: Marco Bartoletti
- 2004: Marco Mazza
- 2005: Giuliano Battocletti
- 2006–07: Daniele Meucci
- 2008–09: Stefano La Rosa
- 2010: Daniele Meucci
- 2011: Domenico Ricatti
- 2012: Simone Gariboldi
- 2013: Jamel Chatbi
- 2014: Domenico Ricatti
- 2015: Said El Otmani
- 2016: Ahmed El Mazoury
- 2017: Ahmed El Mazoury
- 2018: Stefano La Rosa
- 2019: Lorenzo Dini
- 2020: Osama Zoghlami
- 2021: Iliass Aouani
- 2022: Pietro Riva