Stefano Baldini

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Stefano Baldini breaking the winning tape in the men's marathon event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. IAAF image.
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Stefano Baldini breaking the winning tape in the men's marathon event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. IAAF image.
Olympic medal record
Men’s Athletics
Gold 2004 Athens Marathon
IAAF World Championships
Bronze 2001 Edmonton Marathon
Bronze 2003 Paris Marathon

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EAA European Championships
Gold 1998 Budapest Marathon
Gold 2006 Gothenburg Marathon

Stefano Baldini (born May 25, 1971 in Castelnovo di Sotto, Emilia-Romagna, Italy) is an Italian athlete.

His main event is the marathon, for which he won a gold medal in August 29, 2004 at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, and two bronze medals in 2001 and 2003, at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics celebrated in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and 2003 World Championships in Athletics at Saint-Denis, France. Baldini won the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in 1996.

Olympic champions in men's marathon
1896: Spiridon Louis | 1900: Michel Théato | 1904: Thomas J. Hicks | 1906: William Sherring | 1908: Johnny Hayes | 1912: Kenneth McArthur | 1920: Hannes Kolehmainen | 1924: Albin Stenroos | 1928: Boughera El Ouafi | 1932: Juan Carlos Zabala | 1936: Sohn Kee-chung | 1948: Delfo Cabrera | 1952: Emil Zátopek | 1956: Alain Mimoun | 1960: Abebe Bikila | 1964: Abebe Bikila | 1968: Mamo Wolde | 1972: Frank Shorter | 1976: Waldemar Cierpinski | 1980: Waldemar Cierpinski | 1984: Carlos Lopes | 1988: Gelindo Bordin | 1992: Hwang Young-Cho | 1996: Josia Thugwane | 2000: Gezahegne Abera | 2004: Stefano Baldini