Daniele Meucci

Born in Pisa, he began competing internationally in 2006 and was fourteen at the European Cup 10000m and improved to tenth place in the 10000 metres at the 2006 European Athletics Championships. He won a bronze medal and a team silver medal at under-23 level at that year's European Cross Country Championships, which was held in San Giorgio su Legnano. The following year he was sixth at the 2007 European Cup 10000m in Ferrara and won the 10,000 m bronze at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships.

He represented Italy on the world stage for the first time in 2008, but he only managed 99th place in the senior race at the 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. He had greater success at European level that year, again taking sixth in the European Cup race and finishing twelfth in the senior race at the 2008 European Cross Country Championships.

Meucci took up road running in 2009 and was fifth at the Stramilano Half Marathon with a time of 1:02:56.Sampaolo, Diego (5 April 2009). [http://www.iaaf.org/WHM09/news/kind=100/newsid=50072.html Kimugul and Kebede take Stramilano Half Marathon titles]. IAAF. Retrieved 31 July 2010. He returned to the track in the summer and took on the shorter 3000 metres at the 2009 European Team Championships, winning a bronze medal. Two months later he competed on the global track stage for the first time but he did not progress out of the 5000 metres heats at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. Demonstrating his versatility over different surfaces, he was 18th at the 2009 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships on the streets of Birmingham in October (recording a personal best 1:02:43) and led the Italians to the team bronze with a ninth-place finish at the 2009 European Cross Country Championships.

The Italian slightly improved his half marathon best with a 1:02:41 run for fifth at the 2010 Roma Ostia Half Marathon,Zorzi, Alberto (28 February 2010). [http://www.iaaf.org/WHM10/news/kind=100/newsid=55699.html Kimeli and Timbilil battle the winds to take Roma Ostia titles]. IAAF. Retrieved 31 July 2010. and he ran his first full-length marathon at the Rome City Marathon soon after, where he was eleventh overall.Sampaolo, Diego (21 March 2010). [http://www.iaaf.org/LRR10/news/newsid=56208.html Ethiopian double as Rome celebrates Bikila – Rome Marathon report]. IAAF. Retrieved 31 July 2010. He won his first major medal later that year at the 2010 European Athletics Championships. In the men's 10,000 m he headed to the line after winner Mo Farah, but Chris Thompson just pipped Meucci at the line, leaving the Italian with a bronze medal.[http://www.european-athletics.org/20th-european-athletics-championships-2010/farah-finds-relief-at-the-end-of-a-long-hard-road.html Farah finds relief at the end of a long, hard road]. European Athletics (27 September 2010). Retrieved 31 July 2010.

The following year he managed only eleventh in the 3000 m at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships[http://www.sportresult.com/sports/la/ajax/user_files/2011/paris/pdf/re2160040.pdf Final Results]. 2011 European Indoors. Retrieved 10 October 2011. He was beaten to the 2011 national title in the 5000 m by Stefano La Rosa, but set a personal best in the 10,000 m as a guest at the UK Championships, completing the distance in a time of 27:44.50 minutes.[http://www.fidal.it/2011/COD3093/Index.htm 2011 Italian Athletics Championships Results] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629171900/http://www.fidal.it/2011/COD3093/Index.htm |date=29 June 2011 }}. FIDAL. Retrieved 10 October 2011. He represented Italy in both long-distance track events at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, coming twelfth over 10,000 m and tenth in the 5000 m. After the championships, a half marathon best (1:02:30 hours) came at the Udine Half Marathon and then he was runner-up behind Edwin Soi at the Giro al Sas 10K race.Sampaolo, Diego (10 October 2011). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/newsid=62697.html Kurgat clocks course record in Carpi]. IAAF. Retrieved 10 October 2011. He began 2012 with a third-place finish at the Great Ireland Run.Martin, David (15 April 2012). [http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/LRR12/News/NewsDetail.aspx?id=64588 Bekele sparkles with 27:49 10km in Dublin]. IAAF. Retrieved 21 April 2012.

In April 2012 he set his new personal best on 10,000 m in Palo Alto, California, with time 27:32.86 and qualified for 2012 Olympic team.{{cite web |url=http://www.fidal.it/content/Meucci-vola-al-personale-27-32-86/50336 |title=Meucci vola al personale |website=fidal.it |language=it |access-date=30 April 2012}} A month later he ran in the UAE Healthy Kidney 10K road race in New York and was a surprise winner in 28:28 minutes – a personal best.Loeb, Lauren (12 May 2012). [http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WHM12/News/NewsDetail.aspx?id=64901 Meucci takes Manhattan]. IAAF. Retrieved 18 May 2012. He ran in both the 5000 m and 10,000 m at the 2012 European Athletics Championships: although he came fifth over the shorter distance, he managed a 10,000 m silver medal behind Kenyan-born Polat Kemboi Arıkan. He also doubled up at the 2012 London Olympics, where he was eliminated in the 5000 m and ranked 24th in the 10,000 m. In August he ran personal bests on the 2012 IAAF Diamond League circuit, running 7:41.74 for the 3000 m at the DN Galan and 8:28.28 minutes for the Two miles at the Birmingham Grand Prix. His season ended with two further European medals at the 2012 European Cross Country Championships, where he was the bronze medallist individually and in the team competition, alongside the race winner Andrea Lalli.

He knocked almost a minute and a half off his best at the 2013 NYC Half Marathon, coming second only to Wilson Kipsang in a time of 61:06 minutes.Battaglia, Joe (17 March 2013). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/wilson-kipsang-gives-high-octane-performance Wilson Kipsang gives high octane performance at chilly NYC Half]. IAAF. Retrieved 23 March 2013. At the 2014 European Championships, he finished in 6th in the 10000 m and won the men's marathon.{{Cite web |url=http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATM100101_C73G.pdf |title=Men's 10000 m at the 2014 European Championships |date=13 August 2014 |access-date=1 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912055732/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATM100101_C73G.pdf |archive-date=12 September 2014}} At the 2015 World Championships, he competed in the marathon, finishing in 8th place.

In 2019, he competed in the men's marathon at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar.{{cite web |url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6033/AT-MAR-M-f----.RS6.pdf |title=Marathon Men − Final − Results |publisher=IAAF |date=5 October 2019 |access-date=6 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627234043/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6033/AT-MAR-M-f----.RS6.pdf |archive-date=27 June 2020}} He did not finish his race.

He finished 8th in the 2023 New York City Marathon, running 2:13:29.

• 1500 metres: 3:47.32 (2006)
• 3000 metres: 7:41.74 (2012)
• Two miles: 8:28.28 (2012)
• 5000 metres: 13:19.00 (2012)
• 10,000 metres: 27:32.86 (2012)
• 10 Km: 28:08 (2020) - national record{{cite web |url=http://www.fidal.it/content/Valencia-Meucci-record-italiano-nei-10-km/125429 |title=Valencia, Meucci record italiano nei 10 km |website=fidal.it |language=it |date=12 January 2020 |access-date=13 January 2020}}
• Half marathon: 1:01:05 (2013)
• Marathon: 2:10:45 (2018)

He won 10 national championships at senior level.

• Italian Athletics Championships
• 5000 m: 2007, 2008 (2)
• 10,000 m: 2006, 2007, 2010 (3)
• Half marathon: 2014 (1)
• Italian Athletics Indoor Championships
• 3000 m: 2008, 2009 (2)
• Italian Cross Country Championships
• Long race: 2011, 2017 (2)

• Italian all-time top lists - 5000 metres
• Italian all-time top lists - 10000 metres
• Italian team at the running events
• List of Italian records in athletics

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