Marco Vaccari

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Marco Vaccari
Personal information
Nationality Italian
Born (1973-04-02) April 2, 1973
Milan, Italy
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Country Italy Italy
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 400 metres
Club G.S. Fiamme Azzurre
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 400 m: 45.47 (1992)

Marco Vaccari (born 17 July 1966 in Milan) is a retired Italian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.

Biography

Marco Vaccari won seven medals at the International athletics competitions, six of these with national relays team.[1] His personal best time is 45.47 seconds, achieved in June 1992 in Bologna.[2] He participated at two editions of the Summer Olympics (1992 and 1996), he has 36 caps in national team from 1989 to 1999.[3]

Achievements

1991 World Indoor Championships Seville, Spain 3rd 4x400 m relay
Mediterranean Games Athens, Greece 1st 4x400 m relay
1992 European Indoor Championships Genoa, Italy 5th 400 m
Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 6th 4x400 m relay
1997 World Championships Athens, Greece 8th 4x400 m relay
Mediterranean Games Bari, Italy 2nd 400 m
1998 World Cup Johannesburg, South Africa 7th 4x400 m relay

National championships

He has won 6 times the individual national championship.[4][5]

  • 4 wins in the 400 metres (1992, 1994, 1997, 1999)
  • 1 win in the 200 metres indoor (1996)
  • 1 win in the 400 metres indoor (1997)

See also

References

  1. "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - UOMINI". sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 22 December 2012. 
  2. Italian all-time list, men's 400 metres (last updated for year 2000)
  3. Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009. 
  4. ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012". sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 23 December 2012. 
  5. "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 23 December 2012. 

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