Stefano Tilli
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National team | Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 22 August 1962 Orvieto, Italy | (age 61)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Snam Gas Metano | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Fabrizio Lepore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stefano Tilli (born 22 August 1962) is a former Italian sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 m, twice European indoor champion, three-time semi-finalist at the Olympic Games, and was the world record holder in the 200m indoor.[1]
Biography
Tilli was born in
Zurich.[4] His personal best in the 200m is 20.40 seconds, achieved in September 1984 in Cagliari.[5]
Stefano Tilli used to be engaged to the Jamaican sprinter Merlene Ottey,[6] whom he also coached for a period.[7]
Record
World record
- 200 metres indoor: 20.52 ( Turin, 21 February 1985) - until 22 February 1987 (Bruno Marie-Rose, France 20.36 in Liévin)[8]
European record
- 4 × 200 metres relay: 1:21.10 ( Cagliari 29 September 1983), Italy (Stefano Tilli, Carlo Simionato, Giovanni Bongiorni, Pietro Mennea) - current holder [9]
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Italy | |||||
1983 | European Indoor Championships
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Budapest, Hungary
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1st | 60 m | 6.63 |
World Championships | Helsinki, Finland
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2nd | 4 × 100 m relay |
38.37 | |
Mediterranean Games | Casablanca, Morocco
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3rd | 100 m | 10.29 [10] | |
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.76 [10] | |||
1984 | Olympic Games | Los Angeles, United States | 4th | 4 × 100 m relay |
38.87 |
SF | 100 m | 10.55 [11] | |||
SF | 200 m | 20.72 [12] | |||
1985 | European Indoor Championships
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Athens, Greece
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1st | 200 m | 20.77 |
1986 | European Championships | Stuttgart, West Germany | 8th (sf) | 200m | 20.74 (wind: 0.0 m/s) |
5th | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.86 | |||
1987 | World Championships | Rome, Italy
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SF | 200 m |
20.86 |
Mediterranean Games | Latakia, Syria
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1st | 100 m | 10.41 [10] | |
1st | 200 m | 20.76 [10] | |||
1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 39.67 [10] | |||
1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea
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5th | 4 × 100 m relay |
38.54 |
SF | 200 m | 20.59 | |||
1990 | European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia
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9th (sf) | 100m | 10.40 (wind: -0.2 m/s) |
4th | 200m | 20.66 (wind: 0.0 m/s) | |||
3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 38.39 | |||
1991 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan
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QF | 200 m |
20.92 |
5th | 4 × 100 m relay |
38.52 | |||
Mediterranean Games | Athens, Greece
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1st | 200 m | 20.73 [10] | |
1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | Heats | 100 m |
10.38 |
1997 | World Championships | Athens, Greece
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QF | 100 m |
10.36 |
1998 | European Championships
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Budapest, Hungary
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4th | 100 m | 10.20 |
1999 | World Championships | Sevilla, Spain
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QF | 100 m |
10.26 |
2000 | European Indoor Championships
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Ghent, Belgium
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4th | 60 m | 6.59 [13] |
Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia
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QF | 100 m |
10.27 |
National titles
Tilli won 14 national championships at individual
- Italian Athletics Championships
- 100 m: 1984, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1997 (6)
- 100 m: 1986, 1988, 1991 (3)
- Italian Athletics Indoor Championships
- 60 m: 1995, 1996, 2000 (3)
- 200 m: 1985, 1987 (2)
See also
- Italian all-time lists - 100 metres
- Italian all-time lists - 200 metres
- Italy national relay team
- Italy national athletics team - More caps
References
- ^ "Stefano tilli - Profile". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - UOMINI" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
- FIDAL. 2009.
- ^ Italian all-time list, men's 100 metres (last updated for year 2000)
- ^ Italian all-time list, men's 200 metres (last updated for year 2000)
- ^ "The greatest female sprinter in history". si21.com. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
- ^ "Euro Legends: Week 1 - Stefano Tilli (ITA)". european-athletics.net. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
- ^ "200-meters record set". Star-News. 23 February 1987. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
- ^ "Area Outdoor Records - Men - EUROPE". iaaf.org. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f "Mediterranean Games". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
- ^ He ran 10.49 in Quarter-Finals.
- ^ He ran 20.64 in Quarter-Finals.
- ^ 2000 European Indoor Championships, men's 60 m final - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite
- ^ "TUTTI I CAMPIONI ITALIANI 1906-2021" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
External links
- Stefano Tilli at World Athletics
- Stefano Tilli at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Stefano Tilli at Olympedia