Davide Re (born 16 March 1993) is an Italian male 400 metre runner, two times gold medallist at the

2018 Mediterranean Games The 2018 Mediterranean Games ( es, Juegos Mediterráneos de 2018), officially known as the XVIII Mediterranean Games ( es, XVIII Juegos Mediterráneos) and commonly known as Tarragona 2018, was an international multi-sport event held from 22 Jun ...

. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in

400 m The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is o ...

Biography

At the individual senior level, he won a silver medal at 2017 European Team Championships Super League and the gold medal two years later at Bydgoszcz 2019 in

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. He has participated in two editions of the World Championships in the 400 metres, reaching the semifinals in both, finishing 23rd overall at

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, and 9th overall with a time of 44.85 at Doha 2019, 8 hundredths of a second off his own national record, set at altitude (1000m above sea level) in

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, Switzerland three months before.

National records

;Outdoor *

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is on ...

: 44.77 (

, 30 June 2019) - current holder * Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay: 3:16.15 (

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, 11 May 2019) (Davide Re, Giancarla Trevisan, Andrew Howe,

Raphaela Lukudo Raphaela Boaheng Lukudo (born 29 July 1994) is an Italian sprinter specialized in the 400 m, who won four medals at international senior level with Italian national track relay team of the 4×400 m relay. Biography Born in Aversa, Italy to ...

) - current holder

Achievements

National titles

Italian Athletics Championships The Italian Athletics Championships ( it, Campionati italiani assoluti di atletica leggera) are the national championships in athletics, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera. The first edition, four races only, ...

** 200 metres: 2018 **

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, 2018

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