Andrea Longo (runner)

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| nationality = Italian

| sport = Athletics

| event = Middle distance running

| club = G.S. Fiamme Oro

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1975|6|26}}

| birth_place = Piove di Sacco, Italy

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800 m: 1:43.74 (2000)

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Andrea Longo (born 26 June 1975 in Piove di Sacco) is a former Italian middle-distance runner.

Biography

He achieved his personal best just before Sydney Olympics, running 1'43"74 in Rieti in September 2000, reaching the second place in the all-time ranking in Italy, behind former world record holder Marcello Fiasconaro. He was disqualified from the 800 metres final at the 2000 Summer Olympics after barging Switzerland's André Bucher. He served a two-year ban from 2001 for testing positive for nandrolone.

After his ban his best performances have been a 5th place at the 2003 World Championships and a 7th place at the 2006 European Athletics Championships, both in the 800m. He was also a semi-finalist at the 2004 Olympics. He was the European record holder for the rarely run 600m (1'14"41). He is the husband of Fabé Dia.{{cite web|url=http://www.webdiocesi.chiesacattolica.it/pls/cci_dioc_new/bd_edit_doc_dioc.edit_documento?p_id=928558&id_pagina=&rifi=&rifp=&vis=1|title=La cena del sorriso Testimonial sportivi per donare il sorriso con Operation Smile|publisher=webdiocesi.chiesacattolica.it|language=it|access-date=14 December 2012}}

Achievements

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colspan="6"\|Representing {{ITA}}
1994 \|World Junior Championships \|Lisbon, Portugal \|10th (sf) \|800m \|1:52.00
rowspan=2\|1997 \|rowspan=2\|European U23 Championships \|rowspan=2\|Turku, Finland \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|800m \|1:46.49
7th \|4 × 400 m relay \|3:08.00
1999 \|World Championships \|Seville, Spain \|6th \|800 metres \|1:45.33 He ran in a better cron (1:45.01) in preliminary rounds.
2003 \|World Championships \|Paris, France \|5th \|800 metres \|1:45.43

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

1994

|World Junior Championships

|Lisbon, Portugal

|10th (sf)

|800m

|1:52.00

rowspan=2|1997

|rowspan=2|European U23 Championships

|rowspan=2|Turku, Finland

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|800m

|1:46.49

7th

|4 × 400 m relay

1999

|6th

|1:45.33 He ran in a better cron (1:45.01) in preliminary rounds.

2003

|World Championships

|Paris, France

|5th

|800 metres

|1:45.43

National titles

Andrea Longo has won 7 times the individual national championship.{{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=14 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=14 December 2012}}