Giuseppe Gerbi

{{short description|Italian athletics competitor}}

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| nationality = Italian

| sport = Athletics

| event = Long-distance running
3000 metres steeplechase
Marathon

| club = Cus Torino

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| birth_place = Collegno

| residence = Turin

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|5000 m: 13:37.24 (1981)

|10,000 m: 28:31.59 (1981)

|3000 m st: 8:18.47 (1980)

|Marathon: 2:11:25 (1982)

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| country = {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy

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{{MedalCompetition|World Cross Country Jr. Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|1974 Monza|Team}}

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Giuseppe Gerbi (born 13 September 1955) is an Italian male retired long-distance runner, steeplechaseer, than at the end of his career he became a marathon runner, he finished 6th in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 1980 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=http://www.olympiandatabase.com/index.php?id=82752&L=1|title=Giuseppe Gerbi at the Olympics - Results in the Olympic Games|publisher=olympiandatabase.com|quote=see from page 48|access-date=20 August 2017}}

Biography

He won fournational championships at senior level,{{cite web|url=http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI-NOMI-U.pdf|title=CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" – UOMINI TUTTI I CAMPIONI – 1906-2016|publisher=sportolimpico.it|access-date=17 September 2017}} and he also was the winner of the 1983 Rome City Marathon. After his retirement from athletics he became a medical provider in Turin.{{cite web|url=http://www.lastampa.it/2017/05/09/cronaca/stratorino/2017/io-che-lho-vinta-da-medico-vi-dico-cosa-fare-Hn8he0K7nhCy3anL5znKuI/pagina.html|title=Io che l'ho vinta, da medico vi dico cosa fare|date=9 May 2017 |publisher=lastampa.it|language=it|access-date=16 August 2017}}

National records

  • 3000 metres steeplechase: 8:18.47, {{flagicon|URS}} Moscow, 31 July 1980. Record held until 5 August 1980.{{cite web|url=http://www.fidal.it/upload/files/Statistiche/alltimeoutdoor/Italiaalltimeal25giu2017.pdf|title=LISTE ITALIANE ALL TIME al 25 giugno 2017|page=11|publisher=fidal.it|language=it|access-date=16 August 2017}}
  • One hour: 20,483 m, {{flagicon|ITA}} Rome, 17 April 1982. Current holder.
  • 25,000 metres: 1:16:40.0, {{flagicon|ITA}} Novi Ligure, 10 April 1983. Current holder.

Achievements

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YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
1978

|align=left|European Championships

|align=left|{{flagicon|TCH}} Prague

|9th

|3000 metres steeplechase

|8:42.8

|He ran faster in qualification, winning his heat with the time 8:29.10

1980

|align=left|Olympic Games

|align=left|{{flagicon|URS}} Moscow

|6th

|3000 metres steeplechase

|8:18.47

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1982

|align=left|Italian Athletics Championships

|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Ferrara

|1st

|Italian Athletics Championships

|2:11:25

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1983

|align=left|Rome Marathon

|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} Rome

|1st

|Marathon

|2:15:11

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National titles

See also

References

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