Stefano Tilli

Stefano Tilli

Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1962-08-22) August 22, 1962 Orvieto, Italy
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Sprint
Club	Snam Gas Metano
Retired	1978
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m: 10.16 (1984) 200 m: 20.40 (1984)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Championships 0 1 0 European Championships 0 0 1 European Indoor Championships 2 0 0 Mediterranean Games 5 0 1 European Cup 1 2 4 World Championships Silver 1983 Helsinki 4x100 m relay European Championships Bronze 1990 Split 4x100 m relay European Indoor Championships Gold 1983 Budapest 60 metres Gold 1985 Athens 200 metres European Cup Gold 1983 London 200 metres Silver 1989 Gateshead 4x100 m relay Silver 1991 Paris 100 metres Bronze 1985 Moscow 4x100 m relay Bronze 1989 Gateshead 4x100 m relay Bronze 1991 Frankfurt 200 metres Bronze 1991 Frankfurt 4x100 m relay

Stefano Tilli (born 22 August 1962) is a retired Italian sprinter trained by Fabrizio Lepore, who specialized in the 100 and 200 m.

He is a two-time European indoor champion, three-time semi-finalist at the Olympic Games, and was the world record holder in the 200m indoor.

Biography

Tilli was born in Orvieto, Umbria. In his career he won 17 medals at the International athletics competitions, eight of these with national relays team.^[1] He also won 14 national championships, from 1984 to 2000, and he has 51 caps in national team, from 1983 to 2000.^[2] His personal best in the 100m is 10.16 seconds, which he ran in August 1984 in Zurich.^[3] His personal best in the 200m is 20.40 seconds, achieved in September 1984 in Cagliari.^[4]

Stefano Tilli used to be engaged to the Jamaican sprinter Merlene Ottey,^[5] whom he also coached for a period.^[6]

Record

World record

• 200 metres indoor: 20.52 ( Turin, 21 February 1985) - until 22 February 1987 (Bruno Marie-Rose, France 20.36 in Liévin)^[7]

European record

• 4 × 200 metres relay: 1:21.10 ( Cagliari 29 September 1983), Italy (Stefano Tilli, Carlo Simionato, Giovanni Bongiorni, Pietro Mennea) - current holder ^[8]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time	Notes
1983	European Indoor Championships	Budapest	1st	60 m	6.63
	World Championships	Helsinki	2nd	4x100 m relay	38.37
	Mediterranean Games	Casablanca	3rd	100 m	10.29	[9]
			1st	4x100 m relay	38.76	[9]
1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles	4th	4x100 m relay	38.87
			SF	100 m	10.55	[10]
			SF	200 m	20.72	[11]
1985	European Indoor Championships	Athens	1st	200 m	20.77
1987	World Championships	Rome	SF	200 m	20.86
	Mediterranean Games	Latakia	1st	100 m	10.41	[9]
			1st	200 m	20.76	[9]
			1st	4x100 m relay	39.67	[9]
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul	5th	4x100 m relay	38.54
			SF	200 m	20.59
1990	European Championships	Split	4th	200 m	20.66
			3rd	4x100 m relay	38.39
1991	World Championships	Tokyo	QF	200 m	20.92
			5th	4x100 m relay	38.52
	Mediterranean Games	Athens	1st	200 m	20.73	[9]
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta	Heats	100 m	10.38
1997	World Championships	Athens	QF	100 m	10.36
1998	European Championships	Budapest	4th	100 m	10.20
1999	World Championships	Sevilla	QF	100 m	10.26
2000	European Indoor Championships	Ghent	4th	60 m	6.59	[12]
	Olympic Games	Sydney	QF	100 m	10.27

National championships

• 6 wins in 100 metres at the Italian Athletics Championships (1984, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1997)^[13]
• 3 wins in 200 metres at the Italian Athletics Championships (1986, 1988, 1991)^[13]
• 3 wins in 60 metres at the Italian Athletics Indoor Championships (1995, 1996, 2000)^[14]
• 2 wins in 200 metres at the Italian Athletics Indoor Championships (1985, 1987)^[14]

See also

• Italian all-time lists - 100 metres
• Italian all-time lists - 200 metres
• Italy national relay team
• Italy national athletics team - More caps

References

External links

• Stefano Tilli profile at IAAF
• Stefano Tilli at Sports Reference
• Athlete profile at The-Sports.org
• Athlete profile at Track and Field Statistics
• Euro Legends: Week 1 - Stefano Tilli (ITA) at European Athletic Association web site