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Luigi Zarcone

Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1950-06-18)18 June 1950 Villabate, Italy
Died	9 June 2001(2001-06-09) (aged 50) Palermo, Italy
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Middle distance running Long distance running
Club	G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	800 m: 1:49.6 (1976) 1500 m: 3:37.7 (1974) 3000 m: 7:47.54 (1977) 5000 m: 13:23.7 (1977) 10000 m: 28:02.3 (1977)
Medal record Mediterranean Games 1979 Split 5000 metres 1979 Split 10000 metres

Luigi Zarcone (18 June 1950, in Villabate – 9 June 2001, in Palermo) was an Italian middle and long distance runner.

Biography

Luigi Zarcone won two medals, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions. He has 32 caps in national team from 1973 to 1983. He died prematurely at only 50 years old, in Palermo in 2001. In his native hometown, Villabate in Sicily, is organized every year since 2003, a race named after him, the Memorial Luigi Zarcone.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time	Notes
1979	Mediterranean Games	Split	1st	5000 metres	13:45.11
			2nd	10000 metres	28.39.06

National titles

Luigi Zarcone has won 4 times the individual national championship.

• 1 win in the 1500 metres (1974)
• 2 wins in the 10000 metres (1977, 1979)
• 1 win in the cross country running (1979)

See also

• Italy at the 1979 Mediterranean Games

References

1. "Podio Internazionale dal 1908 al 2008 – Uomini" [International Podium from 1908 to 2008 - Men] (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
2. Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
3. "Morto Zarcone azzurro anni '70". repubblica.it (in Italian). Retrieved 30 December 2012.
4. "Villabate (PA) - 10° Memorial Luigi Zarcone" (in Italian). Podisti. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
5. ^ "Mediterranean Games]". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
6. ""Campionati "Assoluti" Italiani sul podio tricolore – 1906 2012" [Championship "Absolute" Italians on the Tricolore Podium 1906 2012] (PDF). sportolimpico.it (in Italian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
7. "Italian Indoor Championships". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 24 December 2012.

External links

• Luigi Zarcone at World Athletics

• 1950 births
• 2001 deaths
• Athletics competitors of Fiamme Gialle
• Italian male cross country runners
• Italian male long-distance runners
• Italian male middle-distance runners
• Sportspeople 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