Marco Vaccari

Marco Vaccari
Personal information
National team Italy
Born 17 July 1966 (age 57)
Milan, Italy
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event 400 metres
Club G.S. Fiamme Azzurre
Achievements and titles
Personal best
  • 400 m: 45.47 (1992)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Indoor Championships 0 0 1
Mediterranean Games 1 1 0
European Cup 0 1 2
Military World Games 0 0 1
Total 1 2 4
World Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Seville 4x400 m relay
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1991 Athens 4x400 m relay
Silver medal – second place 1997 Bari 400 m
Military World Games
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Rome 4x400 m relay
European Cup
Silver medal – second place 1995 Villeneuve d'Ascq 4x400 m relay
Silver medal – second place 1997 Munich 4x400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Frankfurt 4x400 m relay

Marco Vaccari (born 17 July 1966 in Milan) is a retired Italian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.

Career

Vaccari won seven medals in international athletics competitions, six of these with national relays team. His personal best time is 45.47 seconds, achieved in June 1992 in Bologna. He participated at two editions of the Summer Olympics (1992 and 1996), he earned 36 caps with the national team from 1989 to 1999.

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing Italy
1991 World Indoor Championships Seville, Spain 3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:05.51
Mediterranean Games Athens, Greece 1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:03.20
1992 European Indoor Championships Genoa, Italy 5th 400 m 47.18
Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 6th 4 × 400 m relay 3:02.18
1994 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 12th (sf) 400m 46.57
4th 4 × 400 m relay 3:03.46
1997 World Championships Athens, Greece 7th 4 × 400 m relay 3:01.52
Mediterranean Games Bari, Italy 2nd 400 m 45.74
1998 World Cup Johannesburg, South Africa 6th 4 × 400 m relay 3:03.95

National titles

He has won six individual national championship titles.

See also