Luigi Zarcone (18 June 1950, in

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– 9 June 2001, in

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) was an Italian

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and long distance runner.

Biography

Luigi Zarcone won two medals, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions. He has 32 caps in

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from 1973 to 1983. He died prematurely at only 50 years old, in

in 2001. In his native hometown,

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, is organized every year since 2003, a race named after him, the'' Memorial Luigi Zarcone''.

Achievements

National titles

Luigi Zarcone has won 4 times the individual

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. *1 win in the

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1500-metre run is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletics since 1983. It is equivalent to 1.5 kilomet ...

(1974) *2 wins in the

10000 metres The 10,000 metres or the 10,000-metre run is a common long-distance track running event. The event is part of the athletics programme at the Olympic Games and the World Athletics Championships, and is common at championship-level events. The ...

(1977, 1979) *1 win in the

cross country running Cross country running is a sport in which teams and individuals run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain such as dirt or grass. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and soil, earth, pass through woodlands and ope ...

(1979)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zarcone, Luigi 1950 births 2001 deaths Athletics competitors of Fiamme Gialle Italian male cross country runners Italian male long-distance runners Italian male middle-distance runners Athletes from Palermo Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy Athletes (track and field) at the 1979 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Italian Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Italian sportsmen

Biography

Achievements

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