Italian middle-distance runner

Donato Sabia (11 September 1963 – 7 April 2020) was an Italian middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres.

Contents

• 1 Biography
• 2 Achievements
• 3 National *les
• 4 See also
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Biography

Donato Sabia was born in Potenza and won two medals, at senior level, at the International athletics compe*ions, one of these with national relay team. He participated at two editions of the Summer Olympics (1984, 1988), reaching, in both cases, the Olympic 800 metres final; he had 17 caps in national team from 1982 to 1988.

His personal best time was 1:43.88 minutes, achieved in June 1984 in Florence. In the 400 metres he had 45.73 seconds, achieved in June 1984 in Milan.

Donato Sabia died on 7 April 2020, in San Carlo Hospital, in Potenza, from COVID-19, having on 31 March 2020 also lost his father to the same disease. He was 56.

Achievements

National *les

Sabia won six individual national championships.

• 1 win in the 400 metres (1984)
• 3 wins in the 800 metres (1983, 1984, 1988)
• 2 wins in the 400 metres indoor (1983, 1988)

See also

• Italian all-time lists - 800 metres
• Italy national relay team

References

External links

• Donato Sabia at World Athletics
• Donato Sabia at European Athletic *ociation (archived)
• Donato Sabia at Olympics.com
• Donato Sabia at Olympedia