Emanuele Abate (born 8 July 1985) is an Italian athlete competing in the

110 metres hurdles The 110 metres hurdles, or 110-metre hurdles, is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is included in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metres hurdles. As part of a rac ...

. He was born in

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Biography

In 2012 he twice improved the national record, first time in

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on 13 May 2012 with 13"32, second time in

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, on 8 June, at ''

Memorial Primo Nebiolo The Memorial Primo Nebiolo is an annual track and field meeting held at the Stadio Primo Nebiolo in Turin, Italy in early June. History The history of the Turin competition dates back to 1963, when the Torino Meeting was first held. This event ho ...

'', with 13"28.

National records

*60 metres hurdles indoor: 7.57 (4 February 2012

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) – Until 1 March 2013 *110 metres hurdles: 13.28 (8 June 2012

)

Progression

;110 m hurdles

Achievements

National titles

He has won the individual

national championship A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or competition, contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the be ...

six times. *3 wins in the

(2007, 2008, 2011) *3 wins in the

60 metres hurdles 60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competitions. It is equivalent with the first 5 hurdles of a standard outdoor hurdle race. The current women's and men's world records are 7.65 seconds (Devynne Ch ...

indoor (2008, 2009, 2011)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Abate, Emanuele 1985 births Italian male hurdlers Living people Athletes from Genoa Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Italy Athletics competitors of Fiamme Oro Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Italy Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade 21st-century Italian sportsmen Italian Athletics Championships winners