Stefano La Rosa
Stefano La Rosa (born 28 September 1985 in Grosseto) is an Italian long distance runner. He is a five-time Italian champion (twice over 10,000 metres and three times over 5000 metres).
Contents
- 1 Biography
- 2 Achievements
- 3 National *les
- 4 References
- 5 External links
Biography
Of Sicilian descent, as a junior athlete, he came 52nd at the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. He came 16th over 5000 metres at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics, but managed a 1500 metres/5000:m double at the Italian junior championships. He won a team silver medal in the under-23 section of the 2006 European Cross Country Championships, courtesy of his tenth-place finish. He improved to fifth place in this category at the 2007 European race. Senior success came two years later in the form of a 5000:m silver medal at the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara and a team bronze medal at the 2009 European Cross Country Championships alongside Daniele Meucci.
In his first major senior track final, he came tenth over 5000:m at the 2010 European Athletics Championships. He managed the same position in the 3000:m at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships and secured the bronze medal over 5000:m at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen. He was the first Italian finisher at the 2011 BOCl*ic 10K race, taking sixth place overall.
Achievements
National *les
He has won 9 times the individual national championship.
- 5 wins in the 5000 metres (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)
- 3 wins in the 10,000 metres (2008, 2009, 2018)
- 1 win in the Half marathon (2012)
References
External links
- Stefano La Rosa at World Athletics
- Stefano La Rosa at European Athletic *ociation (archived)
- Stefano La Rosa at Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Stefano La Rosa at Olympedia