Fabrizio Mori

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| nationality = Italian

| sport = Athletics

| event = 400 metres hurdles

| club = G.S. Fiamme Gialle

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1969|6|28}}

| birth_place = Livorno, Italy

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| height = 1.75 m

| weight = 68 kg

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400 m hs: 47.54 (2001)

| country = {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy

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|World Championships|1|1|0

|European Championships|0|0|1

|Mediterranean Games|0|1|1

|European Cup|5|4|2

|Military World Games|0|2|1

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{{MedalSilver|{{nowrap|1995 Villeneuve d'Ascq}}|{{nowrap|4 × 400 m relay}}}}

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Fabrizio Mori (born 28 June 1969 in Livorno) is an Italian hurdler, best known for his gold medal at the 1999 World Championships.

Biography

Fabrizio Mori won nineteen medals at the International athletics competitions, five 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}} He represented in the Golden Gala eight times between 1992 and 2002.{{cite web|last=Federazione Italiana Di Atletica Leggera |title=Fabrizio Mori |url=http://www.goldengala.it/showquestion.eng.php?faq=39&fldAuto=174 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218091451/http://www.goldengala.it/showquestion.eng.php?faq=39&fldAuto=174 |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 February 2013 |work=Golden Gala |access-date=19 April 2012 }} His greatest success was in 1999 when he copped the gold medal at the World Championship, beating athletes such as Bryan Bronson, Stephane Diagana and Samuel Matete. In 2010 he was ranked 16th in the world along with Derrick Adkins of the United States with his 47.54 best time{{cite web|last=International Association of Athletics Federation|title=400 Metres Hurdles All Time|url=http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=o/age=n/season=0/sex=M/all=y/legal=A/disc=400H/detail.html|access-date=19 April 2012}} This also makes him the third fastest European ever{{cite web|last=European Athletics |title=A champion remembers – Fabrizio Mori |url=http://www.european-athletics.org/event-archive.html?id=102 |access-date=19 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006100048/http://www.european-athletics.org/event-archive.html?id=102 |archive-date=6 October 2013 }}

Mori announced his retirement from professional athletics in 2006 in front of the 2006 Winter Olympics crowd gathered in his homeland, Turin, Italy. His personal best over 400 metres hurdles, which is also an Italian record, is 47.54 seconds, achieved at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton. He participated at three editions of the Summer Olympics (1992, 1996, 2000), he has 32 caps in national team from 1988 to 2002.{{cite book|title=Annuario dell'Atletica 2009|year=2009|publisher=FIDAL}}

National records

400 metres hurdles: 47.54 ({{flagicon|CAN}} Edmonton, 10 August 2001) – current holder

Progression

He finished the season 11 times in world top 25, in 1999 he was World Leader.{{cite web|url=http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=4611&Gender=M|title=Fanrizio Mori – Top 25 Lists|publisher=trackfield.brinkster.net|access-date=23 December 2012}}

class="wikitable" width=55% style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;" !Year!!Time!!Venue!!Date!!World Rank
2005	50.06	align=left\| {{flagicon\|ITA}} Turin	3 Jun
2003	50.18	align=left\| {{flagicon\|ITA}} Florence	21 Jun
2002	48.23	align=left\| {{flagicon\|ITA}} Rome	12 Jul	8th
bgcolor=#F0DC82 \|2001	47.54	align=left\| {{flagicon\|CAN}} Edmonton	10 Aug	2nd
2000	48.40	align=left\| {{flagicon\|AUS}} Sydney	25 Sep	10th
1999	47.72	align=left\| {{flagicon\|ESP}} Sevilla	27 Aug	1st
1998	48.36	align=left\| {{flagicon\|ITA}} Rome	14 Jul	11th
1997	47.79	align=left\| {{flagicon\|GER}} Munich	16 Aug	3rd
1996	48.33	align=left\| {{flagicon\|ITA}} Bologna	26 May	13th
1995	49.27	align=left\| {{flagicon\|RSA}} Cape Town	6 May
1994	49.24	align=left\| {{flagicon\|ITA}} Rome	8 Jun	19th
1993	49.23	align=left\| {{flagicon\|GER}} Stuttgart	17 Aug	24th
1992	49.16	align=left\| {{flagicon\|ESP}} Barcelona	3 Aug	23rd
1991	48.92	align=left\| {{flagicon\|ITA}} Tokyo	25 Aug	11th
1990	52.00		1 Jan
1989	49.86	align=left\| {{flagicon\|ITA}} Catania	21 Jun
1988	51.46	align=left\| {{flagicon\|ESP}} Lloret de Mar	9 Jul
1987	52.55		1 Jan

Achievements

{{AchievementTable\|Event=yes}}
colspan="6"\|Representing {{ITA}}
rowspan=2\|1988 \|rowspan=2\|World Junior Championships \|rowspan=2\|Sudbury, Canada \|14th (sf) \|400 m hurdles \|54.54
— \|{{nowrap\|4 × 400 m}} relay \|DNF
1991 \|Mediterranean Games \|Athens, Greece \|bgcolor=silver\| 2nd \|400 metres hurdles \|49.85
1994 \|European Championships \|Helsinki, Finland \|16th (sf) \|400 m hurdles \|66.35
1996 \|Olympic Games \|Atlanta, United States \|6th \|400 metres hurdles \|48.71
rowspan=2\|1997 \|rowspan=2\|World Championships \|rowspan=2\|Athens, Greece \|4th \|400 metres hurdles \|48.05
7th \|4 × 400 metres relay \|3:01.52 22px
1998 \|European Championships \|Budapest, Hungary \|bgcolor=cc9966\| 3rd \|400 metres hurdles \|48.71
1999 \|World Championships \|Seville, Spain \|bgcolor=gold\| 1st \|400 metres hurdles \|47.72 20px
2000 \|Olympic Games \|Sydney, Australia \|7th \|400 metres hurdles \|48.78He ran in a better crono (48.40 his Season Best) in semi-final.
2001 \|World Championships \|Edmonton, Canada \|bgcolor=silver\| 2nd \|400 metres hurdles \|47.54 20px
2002 \|European Championships \|Munich, Germany \|4th \|400 metres hurdles \|49.05

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

rowspan=2|1988

|rowspan=2|World Junior Championships

|rowspan=2|Sudbury, Canada

|14th (sf)

|400 m hurdles

|54.54

—

|{{nowrap|4 × 400 m}} relay

|DNF

1991

|Mediterranean Games

|Athens, Greece

|bgcolor=silver| 2nd

|400 metres hurdles

|49.85

1994

|European Championships

|Helsinki, Finland

|16th (sf)

|400 m hurdles

|66.35

1996

|Olympic Games

|Atlanta, United States

|6th

|400 metres hurdles

|48.71

rowspan=2|1997

|rowspan=2|World Championships

|rowspan=2|Athens, Greece

|4th

|400 metres hurdles

|48.05

7th

|4 × 400 metres relay

|3:01.52 22px

1998

|European Championships

|Budapest, Hungary

|bgcolor=cc9966| 3rd

|400 metres hurdles

|48.71

1999

|World Championships

|Seville, Spain

|bgcolor=gold| 1st

|400 metres hurdles

|47.72 20px

2000

|Olympic Games

|Sydney, Australia

|7th

|400 metres hurdles

|48.78He ran in a better crono (48.40 his Season Best) in semi-final.

2001

|World Championships

|Edmonton, Canada

|bgcolor=silver| 2nd

|400 metres hurdles

|47.54 20px

2002

|European Championships

|Munich, Germany

|4th

|400 metres hurdles

|49.05

National titles

He has won 3 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=23 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 }}