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Nationality | Italian | |||||||||||
Born | Villabate, Italy | 18 June 1950|||||||||||
Died | 9 June 2001 Palermo, Italy | (aged 50)|||||||||||
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Country | Italy | |||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
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Middle distance running Long distance running | |||||||||||
Club | G.S. Fiamme Gialle | |||||||||||
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Luigi Zarcone (18 June 1950, in Villabate – 9 June 2001, in Palermo) was an Italian middle and long distance runner.
Luigi Zarcone won two medals, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions. [1] He has 32 caps in national team from 1973 to 1983. [2] He died prematurely at only 50 years old, in Palermo in 2001. [3] In his native hometown, Villabate in Sicily, is organized every year since 2003, a race named after him, the Memorial Luigi Zarcone. [4]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time | Notes |
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1979 | Mediterranean Games | Split | 1st | 5000 metres | 13:45.11 | [5] |
2nd | 10000 metres | 28.39.06 | [5] |
Luigi Zarcone has won 4 times the individual national championship. [6] [7]