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Luigi Zarcone

Luigi Zarcone
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Personal information
Nationality Italian
Born (1950-06-18) 18 June 1950 (age 66)
Villabate, Italy
Died 9 June 2001(2001-06-09) (aged 50)
Palermo, Italy
Sport
Country Italy Italy
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Middle distance running
Long distance running
Club G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 800 m: 1:49.6 (1976)
  • 1500 m: 3:37.7 (1974)
  • 3000 m: 7:47.54 (1977)
  • 5000 m: 13:23.7 (1977)
  • 10000 m: 28:02.3 (1977)

Luigi Zarcone (Villabate, 18 June 1950 - Palermo, 9 June 2001) was an Italian middle and long distance runner.

Luigi Zarcone won two medals, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions. He has 32 caps in national team from 1973 to 1983. He died prematurely at only 51 years old, in Palermo in 2001. In his native hometown, Villabate in Sicily, is organized every year since 2003, a race named after him, the Memorial Luigi Zarcone.

Luigi Zarcone has won 4 times the individual national championship.


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