Itai Maggidi
{{short description|Israeli long-distance runner}}
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Itai Maggidi ({{langx|he|איתי מגידי}}; born 9 January 1981) is an Israeli long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase.
Biography
Itai Maggidi is Jewish.{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishinstlouis.org/page.aspx?id=181152 |title=Jews in the Olympics: 63 Athletes, 7 Countries |publisher=Jewishinstlouis.org |accessdate=November 13, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407023958/http://www.jewishinstlouis.org/page.aspx?id=181152 |archivedate=April 7, 2012 }} He attended Clemson University.{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/ncaar.htm|title=NCAA Division I Regional Championships|work=GBR Athletics|publisher=Athletics Weekly|accessdate=27 March 2010}}
Sports career
Itai Maggidi finished 6th at the 2000 World Junior Championships, 11th at the 2006 European Championships and 12th (in the 3000 metres) at the 2007 European Indoor Championships. He also competed at the 2007 World Championships and competed on behalf of Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, in the 2008 Olympic Games 3000 metre steeplechase without reaching the final.{{World Athletics}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ISR/summer/2008/ |title=Israel at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games |publisher=Sports-reference.com |accessdate=November 14, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812063326/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/ISR/summer/2008/ |archivedate=August 12, 2011 }}
His personal best time is 8:24.14 minutes, achieved in July 2008 in Longeville-lès-Metz. This is the Israeli record.{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}} He also has 3:41.73 minutes in the 1500 metres, achieved in August 2003 in Heusden-Zolder; 7:55.42 minutes in the 3000 metres (indoor), achieved at the 2007 European Indoor Championships in Birmingham; and 29:29.34 minutes in the 10,000 metres, achieved in March 2006 in Palo Alto.
Competition record
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| 2000
|6th |3000m steeplechase |
| 2003
|8th |3000m steeplechase |
| 2006
|11th |3000 m steeple |
| rowspan=3|2007
|European Indoor Championships |12th |3000 m |
| Universiade
|11th |3000 m s'chase |
| World Championships
|30th (h) |3000 m s'chase |
| 2008
|37th (h) |3000 m s'chase |
| 2012
|19th (h) |3000 m steeple |
See also
References
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Category:Israeli male long-distance runners
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for Israel
Category:Jewish track and field athletes
Category:Jewish Israeli sportspeople
Category:Male steeplechase runners
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Israel
Category:Israeli steeplechase runners