Daniele Meucci
Meucci at the 2010 European Championships
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| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | Italian |
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October 7, 1985 Pisa, Italy |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) |
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| Country |
 Italy
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| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | Long distance |
| 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. He represented Italy at the 2012 Summer Olympics, running in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres.
Meucci is a two-time medallist in the latter event at the European Athletics Championships, having won bronze in 2010 and silver in 2012. He was also a bronze medallist at the European Cross Country Championships in 2012. He has competed at four World Championships in Athletics (2009 and 2011 in the 5000 m, 2011 and 2013 in the 10000 m and 2015 in the marathon).
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.
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