Italy at the 2010 European Athletics Championships

Sporting event delegation

Italy at the
2010 European Athletics Championships

WA code| ITA
in  Barcelona
Competitors| 73
Medals
Ranked 8th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

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Italy was represented by 73 athletes (44 men and 29 women) at the 2010 European Athletics Championships held in Barcelona, Spain. It is the third most important team selection, after those of Munich 2002 and Göteborg 2006. The standard-bearer will be Antonietta Di Martino.

## Medalists

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The Palermitan Anna Incerti 3rd at the finish, received the gold medal two years later for two athletes doping disqualification. Medal | Athlete | Event

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| Alex Schwazer | Men's 20 km walk
| Anna Incerti | Women's marathon
| Roberto Donati
Simone Collio
Emanuele Di Gregorio
Maurizio Checcucci | Men's 4 × 100 m relay
| Nicola Vizzoni | Men's hammer throw
| Simona La Mantia | Women's triple jump
| Daniele Meucci | Men's 10,000 m
| Libania Grenot | Women's 400 m
| Chiara Bazzoni
Marta Milani
Maria Enrica Spacca
Libania Grenot | Women's 4 × 400 m relay

### Medals awarded years later after doping cases

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Incerti, third at the finish line, won gold medal after the disqualification of first two athletes two years later. Živilė Balčiūnaitė of Lithuania originally won the marathon and was awarded the gold medal, but was disqualified for doping after she tested positive for testosterone.[1][2] Nailiya Yulamanova of Russia originally came second, and was set to be upgraded to gold winner after Živilė Balčiūnaitė was disqualified. However, in July 2012, Yulamanova was also disqualified for doping, as her results from 20 August 2009 onwards were annulled due to abnormalities in her biological passport profile.[3] Anna Incerti (gold), Tetyana Filonyuk (silver) and Isabellah Andersson (bronze) received the medals by mail.

Edition | New medal | Finished | Event | Athlete | Disqualified athlete (position) | Years for decision-making | Notes

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2010 Barcelona |  |  | Men's 20 km race walk | Alex Schwazer |  Stanislav Emelyanov (original 1st)  | 4  | [4]
|  | Women's marathon | Anna Incerti |  Živilė Balčiūnaitė (original 1st)
Nailya Yulamanova (original 2nd)  | 1 (became 2nd)
2 (became 1st)  | [5]
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| 4th  | Women's 4 × 400 m relay | Chiara Bazzoni
Marta Milani
Maria Enrica Spacca
Libania Grenot |  Russia (original 1st)  | 2  | [7]
| 4th  | Women's 400 m | Libania Grenot |  Tatiana Firova (original 1st)  | 9  | [8]

## Participants

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Event  | Men  | Women

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100 m  | Fabio Cerutti
Simone Collio
Emanuele Di Gregorio | Manuela Levorato
200 m  | Matteo Galvan | Giulia Arcioni
400 m  | Andrea Barberi
Claudio Licciardello
Marco Vistalli | Marta Milani
Libania Grenot
800 m  | Giordano Benedetti
Lukas Rifesser
Mario Scapini | Elisa Cusma
Daniela Reina
1500 m  | Christian Obrist |
5000 m  | Stefano La Rosa
Daniele Meucci | Elena Romagnolo
10,000 m  | Andrea Lalli
Daniele Meucci | Federica Dal Rì
Marathon  | Ottaviano Andriani
Stefano Baldini
Migidio Bourifa
Daniele Caimmi
Denis Curzi
Ruggero Pertile | Rosaria Console
Anna Incerti
Deborah Toniolo
110/100 m hurdles  | Stefano Tedesco | Marzia Caravelli
400 m hurdles  | Giacomo Panizza | Manuela Gentili
High Jump  | Filippo Campioli
Silvano Chesani
Marco Fassinotti | Antonietta Di Martino
Raffaella Lamera
Pole Vault  | Giuseppe Gibilisco
Giorgio Piantella | Elena Scarpellini
Long Jump  | Andrew Howe
Emanuele Formichetti
Stefano Tremigliozzi |
Triple Jump  | Fabrizio Donato
Fabrizio Schembri
Daniele Greco | Simona La Mantia
Shot Put  |  | Chiara Rosa
Discus Throw  |  | Laura Bordignon
Hammer Throw  | Nicola Vizzoni | Silvia Salis
Javelin Throw  |  | Zahra Bani
20 km walk  | Ivano Brugnetti
Giorgio Rubino
Alex Schwazer | Sibilla Di Vincenzo
50 km walk  | Marco De Luca
Alex Schwazer |
4 × 100 m relay  | Simone Collio
Emanuele Di Gregorio
Roberto Donati
Giovanni Tomasicchio
Jacques Riparelli
Maurizio Checcucci | Manuela Levorato
Giulia Arcioni
Audrey Alloh
Jessica Paoletta
Martina Giovanetti
Tiziana M. Grasso
4 × 400 m relay  | Matteo Galvan
Andrea Barberi
Claudio Licciardello
Marco Vistalli
Luca Galletti
Domenico Fontana | Marta Milani
Libania Grenot
Chiara Bazzoni
Maria Enrica Spacca
Elena Bonfanti

## See also

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* Italy national athletics team

## References

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1. ^ European marathon champion Balciunaite given doping ban, bbc.com, 5 April 2011
2. ^ Associated Press: Zivile Balciunaite loses appeal, espn.com, 4 February 2012
3. ^ London 2012 Olympics: Russian athletics trio banned for doping offences. Daily Telegraph (3 July 2012). Retrieved on 17 July 2014
4. ^ "Atletica, Schwazer oro europeo dopo 4 anni. Dopato il trionfatore di Barcellona" (in Italian). gazzetta.it. 30 July 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
5. ^ "European marathon champion Balciunaite given doping ban". bbc.com. 5 April 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
6. ^ "London 2012 Olympics: Russian athletics trio banned for doping offences". telegraph.co.uk. 3 July 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
7. ^ "2010 European Athletics Championships - 4 x 400m Women - Final". european-athletics.org. 25 July 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2018. "DQ IAAF Rule 32.2.a"
8. ^ "A Grenot il bronzo europeo di Barcellona 2010" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 22 September 2019.

## External links

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