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| National team | Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 July 1966 (1966-07-17) (age 58) Milan, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 400 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | G.S. Fiamme Azzurre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marco Vaccari (born 17 July 1966 in Milan) is a retired Italian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.
Career
Vaccari won seven medals in international athletics competitions, six of these with national relays team. His personal best time is 45.47 seconds, achieved in June 1992 in Bologna. He participated at two editions of the Summer Olympics (1992 and 1996), he earned 36 caps with the national team from 1989 to 1999.
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Italy
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| 1991 | World Indoor Championships | Seville, Spain | 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:05.51 |
| Mediterranean Games | Athens, Greece | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:03.20 | |
| 1992 | European Indoor Championships | Genoa, Italy | 5th | 400 m | 47.18 |
| Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 6th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:02.18 | |
| 1994 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 12th (sf) | 400m | 46.57 |
| 4th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:03.46 | |||
| 1997 | World Championships | Athens, Greece | 7th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:01.52 |
| Mediterranean Games | Bari, Italy | 2nd | 400 m | 45.74 | |
| 1998 | World Cup | Johannesburg, South Africa | 6th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:03.95 |
National titles
He has won six individual national championship titles.
- 400 metres: 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999
- 200 metres indoor: 1996
- 400 metres indoor: 1997
See also
References
- "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - UOMINI" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
- Italian all-time list, men's 400 metres (last updated for year 2000)
- Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
- ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
- "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
External links
Categories:
- 1966 births
- Living people
- Athletes from Milan
- Italian male sprinters
- Olympic athletes for Italy
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
- Athletics competitors of Fiamme Azzurre
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
- Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Mediterranean Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1997 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
- World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists
- Italian Athletics Championships winners
- Military World Games bronze medalists for Italy
- Military World Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- 20th-century Italian sportsmen