Fabio Grossi (athlete)

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| full_name = Fabio Francesco Grossi

| nationality = Italian

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1967|9|3}}

| birth_place = Milan, Italy

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| height = 1.85 m

| weight = 72 kg

| pb = *400 m: 45.92 (1994)

| country = {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy

| sport = Athletics

| event = 400 metres

| club = Snam Gas Metano

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Fabio Francesco Grossi (born 3 September 1967, in Milan) is a retired Italian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.

Biography

Fabio Grossi won three medals 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=22 December 2012}} His personal best time is 45.92 seconds, achieved in September 1994 in Bologna.[http://digilander.libero.it/atleticaleggera/ALL-TIME/4.htm Italian all-time list, men's 400 metres (last updated for year 2000)] He participated at one edition of the Summer Olympics (1992),{{cite Sports-Reference}} he has 21 caps in national team from 1989 to 1996.{{cite book|title=Annuario dell'Atletica 2009|year=2009|publisher=FIDAL}}

Achievements

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colspan="6"\|Representing {{ITA}}
1990 \|European Championships \|Split, Yugoslavia \|3rd (h) Competed only in the heat. \|4 × 400 m relay \|3:04.08
rowspan=2 \|1991 \|rowspan=2 \|Mediterranean Games \|rowspan=2 \|Athens, Greece \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|400 m \|45.93
bgcolor=silver\| 2nd \|4 × 400 m relay \|3:03.20 [http://www.gbrathletics.co.uk/ic/mg.htm Mediterranean Games] - GBR Athletics
rowspan=1\|1992 \| rowspan=1 \|Olympic Games \| Barcelona, Spain \| 7th \| 4×400 metres \| 3:02.18
1994 \|European Championships \|Helsinki, Finland \|4th \|4 × 400 m relay \|3:03.46
1995 \|World Indoor Championships \|Barcelona, Spain \|bgcolor="silver" align="center" \| 2nd \|4 × 400 m relay \|3:09.12

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

1990

|European Championships

|Split, Yugoslavia

|3rd (h) Competed only in the heat.

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:04.08

rowspan=2 |1991

|rowspan=2 |Mediterranean Games

|rowspan=2 |Athens, Greece

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|400 m

|45.93

bgcolor=silver| 2nd

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:03.20 [http://www.gbrathletics.co.uk/ic/mg.htm Mediterranean Games] - GBR Athletics

rowspan=1|1992

| rowspan=1 |Olympic Games

| Barcelona, Spain

| 7th

| 4×400 metres

| 3:02.18

1994

|European Championships

|Helsinki, Finland

|4th

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:03.46

1995

|World Indoor Championships

|Barcelona, Spain

|bgcolor="silver" align="center" | 2nd

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:09.12

National titles

He has won 1 time the individual national championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/itai.htm|title=ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS|publisher=gbrathletics.com|access-date=23 December 2012}}