Davide Re (born 16 March 1993) is an Italian male 400 metre runner, two times gold medallist at the 2018 Mediterranean Games.[1] He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in 400 m.[2]

Davide Re
Re in 2018
Personal information
NationalityItalian
Born (1993-03-16) 16 March 1993 (age 31)
Milan
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event400 metres
ClubG.S. Fiamme Gialle
Coached byMaria Chiara Milardi
Achievements and titles
Personal best
  • 400 m: 44.77 (2019)
Medal record
World Athletics Relays
Gold medal – first place 2021 Silesia Mixed 4×400 m relay
European Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Bydgoszcz 400 m
Gold medal – first place 2019 Bydgoszcz 4x400 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2021 Silesia 4x400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Silesia 400 m
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tarragona 400 m
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tarragona 4x400 m relay

Biography edit

At the individual senior level, he won a silver medal at 2017 European Team Championships Super League and the gold medal two years later at Bydgoszcz 2019 in Poland.[3] He has participated in two editions of the World Championships in the 400 metres, reaching the semifinals in both, finishing 23rd overall at London 2017, and 9th overall with a time of 44.85 at Doha 2019, 8 hundredths of a second off his own national record, set at altitude (1000m above sea level) in La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland three months before.[4]

National records edit

Outdoor

Achievements edit

Year Competition Venue Position Event Time Notes
2015 European U23 Championships   Tallinn 4th 400 m 46.37
2017 European Team Championships   Lille 3rd 400 m 45.56 PB
World Championships   London SF (23rd) 400 m 45.95
2018 Mediterranean Games   Tarragona 1st 400 m 45.26 CR PB
1st 4x400 m relay 3:03.54
2019 IAAF World Relays   Yokohama 9th 4x400 m relay 3:02.87 SB[7]
4th 4x400 m relay 3:20.28 NR[8]
European Team Championships   Bydgoszcz 1st 400 m 45.35 EL
1st 4x400 m relay 3:02.04
World Championships   Doha SF (9th) 400 m 44.85
2021 World Arthletics Relays   Chorzów 1st Mixed 4×400 m relay 3:16.60 [9]

National titles edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "NOC Medallist by Sport - Italy". tarragona2018.cat. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Athletics - RE Davide". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  3. ^ "European Team Championships Super League - 400m Men". Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Doha: Re a un soffio dalla finale mondiale" (in Italian). fidal.it. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Davide Re abbatte il muro: 44.77 record italiano!" (in Italian). fidal.it. 15 June 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Record italiani assoluti maschili di atletica leggera al 29 luglio 2019" (in Italian). atleticalive.it. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  7. ^ In Final, B when Re ran, and team was 1st.
  8. ^ In Semifinal, when Re ran, with the time of 3:16.12.
  9. ^ "Results 4 x 100 Metres Relay Men - Final" (PDF). worldathletics.org. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  10. ^ "CAMPIONATI ITALIANI INDIVIDUALI ASSOLUTI SU PISTA 2017 . RISULTATI" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 29 June 2018.

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