Giorgio Calcaterra

Giorgio Calcaterra
Personal information
Nationality Italian
Born (1972-02-11) February 11, 1972
Rome, Italy
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Country Italy Italy
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Ultramarathon
Club Running Club Futura
Retired 1978
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Marathon: 2h13'15" (2000)
  • 100 km: 6h23'20 (2012)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Competitor for  Italy
100 km World Championships
2008 Tarquinia 100 km
2011 Winschoten 100 km
2012 Seregno 100 km
2009 Torhout 100 km
2015 Winschoten 100 km

Giorgio Calcaterra (Rome, 11 February 1972) is an Italian ultramarathoner, three times world champion of the 100 km.

Biography

In 2000 he ran 20 marathons under 2 hours and 20 minutes.[1] He was the world leader of the 100 km top lists from 2008 to 2012. In 2005 he won Utrecht Marathon.

Personal best

Also Connemara International Ultra Marathon course record holder 63 km 3:56

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Performance Notes
2008 100 km World Championships Italy Tarquinia 1st 100 km 6h37'41"
2009 100 km World Championships Belgium Torhout 3rd 100 km 6h42'05"
2011 100 km World Championships Netherlands Winschoten 1st 100 km 6h27'32"
2012 100 km World Championships Italy Seregno 1st 100 km 6h23'20" [2]
2015 100 km World Championships Netherlands Winschoten 3rd 100 km 6h36'49"

References

  1. ↑ "Giorgio Calcaterra" (in Italian). giorgiocalcaterra.com. 24 April 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
  2. ↑ "Calcaterra and Sproston win the 26th IAU 100 km World Championship". iaaf.org. 24 April 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2012.

External links

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