Marco Vaccari
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National team | Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 17 July 1966 (age 57) Milan, Italy |
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Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 400 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | G.S. Fiamme Azzurre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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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.
- 400 metres: 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999
- 200 metres indoor: 1996
- 400 metres indoor: 1997