Daniele Meucci
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Born | Pisa, Italy | 7 October 1985||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club | C.S. Esercito | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Daniele Meucci (born 7 October 1985) is an Italian athlete who specialises in long-distance running, including track running, cross country and road running who won twenty medals at international level (seventeen at senior level and three at youth level).[1]
He represented Italy at the 2012 Summer Olympics, running in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres. Meucci is a three-time medallist in the latter event at the European Athletics Championships, having won bronze in 2010 and 2016 and silver in 2012. He was also a bronze medallist at the European Cross Country Championships in 2012. He has competed at five World Championships in Athletics (2009 and 2011 in the 5000 m, 2011, 2013 and 2017 in the 10000 m and 2015 in the marathon).
Biography
[edit]Early career
[edit]Born in Pisa, he began competing internationally in 2006 and was fourteen at the European Cup 10000m and improved to tenth place in the 10000 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships. He won a bronze medal and a team silver medal at under-23 level at that year's European Cross Country Championships, which was held in San Giorgio su Legnano. The following year he was sixth at the 2007 European Cup 10000m in Ferrara and won the 10,000 m bronze at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships.
He represented Italy on the world stage for the first time in 2008, but he only managed 99th place in the senior race at the 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. He had greater success at European level that year, again taking sixth in the European Cup race and finishing twelfth in the senior race at the 2008 European Cross Country Championships.
Meucci took up road running in 2009 and was fifth at the Stramilano Half Marathon with a time of 1:02:56.[2] He returned to the track in the summer and took on the shorter 3000 metres at the 2009 European Team Championships, winning a bronze medal. Two months later he competed on the global track stage for the first time but he did not progress out of the 5000 metres heats at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. Demonstrating his versatility over different surfaces, he was 18th at the 2009 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships on the streets of Birmingham in October (recording a personal best 1:02:43) and led the Italians to the team bronze with a ninth-place finish at the 2009 European Cross Country Championships.
Prime and later years
[edit]The Italian slightly improved his half marathon best with a 1:02:41 run for fifth at the 2010 Roma Ostia Half Marathon,[3] and he ran his first full-length marathon at the Rome City Marathon soon after, where he was eleventh overall.[4] He won his first major medal later that year at the 2010 European Athletics Championships. In the men's 10,000 m he headed to the line after winner Mo Farah, but Chris Thompson just pipped Meucci at the line, leaving the Italian with a bronze medal.[5]
The following year he managed only eleventh in the 3000 m at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships[6] He was beaten to the 2011 national title in the 5000 m by Stefano La Rosa, but set a personal best in the 10,000 m as a guest at the UK Championships, completing the distance in a time of 27:44.50 minutes.[7] He represented Italy in both long-distance track events at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, coming twelfth over 10,000 m and tenth in the 5000 m. After the championships, a half marathon best (1:02:30 hours) came at the Udine Half Marathon and then he was runner-up behind Edwin Soi at the Giro al Sas 10K race.[8] He began 2012 with a third-place finish at the Great Ireland Run.[9]
In April 2012 he set his new personal best on 10,000 m in Palo Alto, California, with time 27:32.86 and qualified for 2012 Olympic team.[10] A month later he ran in the UAE Healthy Kidney 10K road race in New York and was a surprise winner in 28:28 minutes – a personal best.[11] He ran in both the 5000 m and 10,000 m at the 2012 European Athletics Championships: although he came fifth over the shorter distance, he managed a 10,000 m silver medal behind Kenyan-born Polat Kemboi Arıkan. He also doubled up at the 2012 London Olympics, where he was eliminated in the 5000 m and ranked 24th in the 10,000 m. In August he ran personal bests on the 2012 IAAF Diamond League circuit, running 7:41.74 for the 3000 m at the DN Galan and 8:28.28 minutes for the Two miles at the Birmingham Grand Prix. His season ended with two further European medals at the 2012 European Cross Country Championships, where he was the bronze medallist individually and in the team competition, alongside the race winner Andrea Lalli.
He knocked almost a minute and a half off his best at the 2013 NYC Half Marathon, coming second only to Wilson Kipsang in a time of 61:06 minutes.[12] At the 2014 European Championships, he finished in 6th in the 10000 m and won the men's marathon.[13] At the 2015 World Championships, he competed in the marathon, finishing in 8th place.
In 2019, he competed in the men's marathon at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar.[14] He did not finish his race.[14]
He finished 8th in the 2023 New York City Marathon, running 2:13:29.
Personal bests
[edit]- 1500 metres: 3:47.32 (2006)
- 3000 metres: 7:41.74 (2012)
- Two miles: 8:28.28 (2012)
- 5000 metres: 13:19.00 (2012)
- 10,000 metres: 27:32.86 (2012)
- 10 Km: 28:08 (2020) - national record[15]
- Half marathon: 1:01:05 (2013)
- Marathon: 2:10:45 (2018)
Achievements
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Event | Position | Time |
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2005 | European U23 Championships | Erfurt | 10,000 m | 14th | 30:43.41 |
2006 | European 10,000m Cup | Antalya | 10,000 m | 14th | 29:09.27 |
Team | 3rd | 1:27:10.52 | |||
European Championships | Göteborg | 10,000 m | 10th | 28:48.30 | |
European Cross-Country Championships | San Giorgio su Legnano | Youth race | 3rd | 23:16 | |
Team | 2nd | ||||
2007 | European 10,000m Cup | Ferrara | 10,000 m | 6th | 28:56.70 |
Team | 2nd | 1:27:44-24 | |||
European U23 Championships | Debrecen | 10,000 m | 3rd | 29:18.26 | |
2008 | World Cross-Country Championships | Edinburgh | 12 km | 99th | 38:28 |
European Cup | Annecy | 5000 m | 3rd | 14: 03.04 | |
European 10,000m Cup | Istanbul | 10,000 m | 6th | 28:56.53 | |
Team | 3rd | 1:28:36.56 | |||
European Cross-Country Championships | Brussels | 10 km | 12th | 31:41 | |
2009 | European Team Championships | Leiria | 3000 m | 3rd | 8:02.22 |
2009 | World Championships | Berlin | 5000 m | heat | 13:37.79 |
World Half Marathon Championships | Birmingham | half marathon | 18th | 62:43 | |
European Cross-Country Championships | Dublin | 9 km | 9th | 31:42 | |
Team | 3rd | ||||
2010 | European 10,000m Cup | Marseille | 10,000 m | 8th | 28:39.05 |
European Team Championship | Bergen | 5000 m | 5th | 13:56.95 | |
European Championships | Barcelona | 10,000 m | 3rd | 28:27.33 | |
5000 m | 6th | 13:40.17 | |||
Continental Cup | Split | 3000 m | 7th | 7:57.98 | |
2011 | European Indoor Championships | Paris | 3000 m | 11th | 8:04.82 |
2012 | European Championships | Helsinki | 10,000 m | 2nd | 28:22.73 |
Olympic Games | London | 10,000 m | 24th | 28:57.46 | |
5000 m | heat | 13:28.71 | |||
European Cross-Country Championships | Budapest | Senior race | 3rd | 30:13 | |
Team | 3rd | ||||
2013 | European Team Championships | Gateshead | 3000 m | 9th | 8:06.46 |
Mediterranean Games | Mersin | 5000 m | 4th | 13: 45.12 | |
World Championships | Moscow | 10,000 m | 19th | 28: 06.74 | |
2014 | Half Marathon World Championships | Copenhagen | Half marathon | 27th | 61:57 |
European Championships | Zurich | 10,000 m | 6th | 28: 19.79 | |
Marathon | 1st | 2:11:08 | |||
2015 | World Championships | Beijing | Marathon | 8th | 2:14:54 |
2016 | European 10,000m Cup | Mersin | 10,000 m | 1st | 28:24.71 |
Team | 1st | ||||
European Championships | Amsterdam | Half marathon | 3rd | 1:02:38 | |
Team | 3rd | ||||
2017 | World Championships | London | Marathon | 5th | 2:10.56 |
2018 | European Cross-Country Championships | Tilburg | Team | 3rd | |
2019 | European 10,000m Cup | London | 10,000 m | 17th | 28:38.35 SB |
Team | 1st | 1:24:25.02 |
National titles
[edit]He won 10 national championships at senior level.
- Italian Athletics Championships
- 5000 m: 2007, 2008 (2)
- 10,000 m: 2006, 2007, 2010 (3)
- Half marathon: 2014 (1)
- Italian Athletics Indoor Championships
- 3000 m: 2008, 2009 (2)
- Italian Cross Country Championships
- Long race: 2011, 2017 (2)
See also
[edit]- Italian all-time top lists - 5000 metres
- Italian all-time top lists - 10000 metres
- Italian team at the running events
- List of Italian records in athletics
References
[edit]- ^ "Daniel Meucci". fidal.it (in Italian). Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- ^ Sampaolo, Diego (5 April 2009). Kimugul and Kebede take Stramilano Half Marathon titles. IAAF. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
- ^ Zorzi, Alberto (28 February 2010). Kimeli and Timbilil battle the winds to take Roma Ostia titles. IAAF. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
- ^ Sampaolo, Diego (21 March 2010). Ethiopian double as Rome celebrates Bikila – Rome Marathon report. IAAF. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
- ^ Farah finds relief at the end of a long, hard road. European Athletics (27 September 2010). Retrieved 31 July 2010.
- ^ Final Results. 2011 European Indoors. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
- ^ 2011 Italian Athletics Championships Results Archived 29 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine. FIDAL. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
- ^ Sampaolo, Diego (10 October 2011). Kurgat clocks course record in Carpi. IAAF. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
- ^ Martin, David (15 April 2012). Bekele sparkles with 27:49 10km in Dublin. IAAF. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
- ^ "Meucci vola al personale". fidal.it (in Italian). Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ^ Loeb, Lauren (12 May 2012). Meucci takes Manhattan. IAAF. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
- ^ Battaglia, Joe (17 March 2013). Wilson Kipsang gives high octane performance at chilly NYC Half. IAAF. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
- ^ "Men's 10000 m at the 2014 European Championships" (PDF). 13 August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
- ^ a b "Marathon Men − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. 5 October 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ "Valencia, Meucci record italiano nei 10 km". fidal.it (in Italian). 12 January 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
External links
[edit]- Daniele Meucci at World Athletics
- Daniele Meucci at Diamond League
- Daniele Meucci at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Daniele Meucci at Olympics.com
- Daniele Meucci at Olympedia
- Daniele Meucci at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)
- Daniele Meucci at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Daniele Meucci – CONI – Paris 2024 (in Italian)
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Pisa
- Italian male cross country runners
- Italian male long-distance runners
- Italian male marathon runners
- Athletics competitors of Gruppo Sportivo Esercito
- Olympic athletes for Italy
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games competitors for Italy
- Italian Athletics Championships winners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century Italian sportsmen