Alessandro Attene

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| nationality = Italian

| sport = Athletics

| event = Sprint

| club = G.S. Fiamme Azzurre

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1977|9|10}}

| birth_place = Recanati, Italy

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| weight = {{convert|75|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| pb = *100 m: 10.33 (2005)

200 m: 20.57 (1997)
200 m indoor: 20.94 (2001)
400 m: 45.35 (2000)

| country = {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy

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Alessandro Attene (born 10 September 1977 in Recanati, Province of Macerata) is a retired Italian sprinter who specialized in the sprint.

Biography

He won four medals (three at senior level), at the International athletics competitions, two of these with national relays team.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportolimpico.it/dmdocuments/MEDAGLIE_U_1908_2008.pdf|title=PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - UOMINI|publisher=sportolimpico.it|access-date=28 December 2012}} His personal best time is 45.35 seconds, achieved in the heats of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He also competed at the 1997 and 2001 World Championships, the 2001 World Indoor Championships and the 2002 European Championships without ever reaching the final. He did win a silver medal in the 200 metres and gold medal in the relay 4x100 at the 2005 Mediterranean Games.[http://www.gbrathletics.co.uk/ic/mg.htm Mediterranean Games] - GBR Athletics He participated in the Summer Olympics in 2000, he has 16 caps in national team from 1994 to 2005.{{cite book|title=Annuario dell'Atletica 2009|year=2009|publisher=FIDAL}}

Achievements

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colspan="6"\|Representing {{ITA}}
rowspan=2\|1996 \|rowspan=2\|World Junior Championships \|rowspan=2\|Sydney, Australia \|12th (sf) \|200m \|21.53 (wind: -2.9 m/s)
6th \|4 × 100 m relay \|40.18
rowspan=3\|1997 \|rowspan=3\|European U23 Championships \|rowspan=3\|Turku, Finland \|bgcolor=silver\|2nd \|200m \|20.68 (wind: 0.3 m/s)
4th \|4 × 100 m relay \|39.71
7th \|4 × 400 m relay \|3:08.00
2000 \|Olympic Games \|Sydney, Australia \|15th (sf) \|400 m \|46.41He ran a better time (45.35, his all-time personal best), in the quarter-finals.

colspan="6"|Representing {{ITA}}

rowspan=2|1996

|rowspan=2|World Junior Championships

|rowspan=2|Sydney, Australia

|12th (sf)

|200m

|21.53 (wind: -2.9 m/s)

6th

|4 × 100 m relay

|40.18

rowspan=3|1997

|rowspan=3|European U23 Championships

|rowspan=3|Turku, Finland

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|200m

|20.68 (wind: 0.3 m/s)

4th

|4 × 100 m relay

|39.71

7th

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:08.00

2000

|Olympic Games

|Sydney, Australia

|15th (sf)

|400 m

|46.41He ran a better

time (45.35, his all-time personal best), in the quarter-finals.

National titles

He has won times the individual national championship three times.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI_UOMINI.pdf |title="CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012 |publisher=sportolimpico.it |access-date=28 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224064654/http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI_UOMINI.pdf |archive-date=24 December 2012 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/itai.htm|title=ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS|publisher=gbrathletics.com|access-date=28 December 2012}}