Giovanni Ruggiero

{{short description|Italian long-distance runner}}

{{For|the American professional stock car racing driver|Gio Ruggiero}}

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| nationality = Italian

| sport = Athletics

| event = Long-distance running

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1974|1|19}}

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  • {{nowrap|Half Marathon: 1:02:09 (1996)}}
  • Marathon: 2:13:23 (2004)

| country = {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy

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{{Medal|Competition | Mediterranean Games }}

{{Medal|Silver | 1997 Bari | Marathon }}

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Giovanni Ruggiero (born 19 January 1974) is an Italian male retired long-distance runner, who participated in the 1999 and 2001 World Championships in Athletics.{{cite web |url=http://www.fidal.it/upload/files/MEDIA/2011_daegu_mediaguide.pdf |title=Daeugu 2011 Media Guide |publisher=fidal.it |language=it |quote=see from page 48 |accessdate=16 August 2017}}

Achievements

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YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventPerformanceNotes
1998

| align=left | European Championships

| align=left | {{flagicon|HUN}} Budapest

| 7th

| Marathon

| 2:13:59

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1999

| align=left | World Championships

| align=left | {{flagicon|ESP}} Sevilla

| 25th

| Marathon

| 2:19:34

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2001

| align=left | World Championships

| align=left | {{flagicon|CAN}} Edmonton

| {{AthAbbr|DNF}}

| Marathon

| NM

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