Massimo Stano

{{Infobox sportsperson

| image = Massimo Stano.png

| caption = Stano in 2021

| national_team = Italy (11 caps)

| nickname = Jetsy

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|2|27|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Grumo Appula, Italy

| height = 1.79 m

| weight = 66 kg

| country = {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy

| sport = Athletics

| event = Racewalking

| club = G.S. Fiamme Oro (2011-)

| pb =

20 km walk: 1:17:45 (2019)
35 km walk: 2:23:14 (2022)

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates =

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|Olympic Games| 1|0|0

|World Championships| 1|0|0

|World Race Walking Cup|0|1|1

|{{nowrap|European Race Walking Team C'ships}} |1|1|1

|European U23 Championships| 0|1|0

}}

Massimo Stano (born 27 February 1992) is a male Italian racewalker. He competed in the 20 kilometres walk event at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, finishing in the 19th position,{{cite web |url=http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-20KR-M-f----.RS6.pdf |title=Men's 20 kilometres walk heats results |publisher=IAAF |accessdate=29 August 2015}} and the same event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, finishing in first place.{{Cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1299102-stano-massimo.htm |title=STANO Massimo |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |language=en-us |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805115620/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/athlete-profile-n1299102-stano-massimo.htm |archive-date=5 August 2021 |access-date=18 September 2021}} On 24 July 2022, Stano won the 2022 World Athletics Championships with a championship record.

Career

Born in Grumo Appula, he grew up in Palo del Colle.

He started with athletics at 11 years-old with the Fiamma Olimpia Palo, middle-distance running mainly, then starting at 14 years-old to practise racewalking with his coach Giovanni Zaccheo. His club becomes for 4 years the Atletica Aden Exprivia Molfetta, the town where he trained. In 2011, he became a policeman as member of the Fiamme Oro. His first big athletics result comes from the 2013 European Athletics U23 Championships in Tampere where he finished initially fourth, but where he won first the bronze medal, then the silver after the doping disqualification of 2 Russians. To improve his results, he left Palo for Sesto San Giovanni taking a new coach, Alessandro Gandellini.

With too many injuries, he finally decided to change again of location and went to {{ill|Castel Porziano|fr}}, working and training in the barracks of the Fiamme Oro. His new coach becomes Patrizio Percesepe. Very quickly, he started having better results: he won the national championships with a personal best, he finished third at the 2018 IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships in Taicang, China and 4th at the European Championships in Berlin, finishing at only 1 second from the podium. In June 2019, he established the new national record of 1:17:45, but then, he finished only 14th at the 2019 World Championships in Doha. 2020 was also a difficult year with more injuries (periostitis) and with Covid pandemic he started again walking at the European Cup in Poděbrady on 16 May 2021 where he finished 8th.{{cite news |last=Buongiovanni |first=Andrea |date=5 August 2021 |url=https://www.gazzetta.it/olimpiadi/discipline/atletica/05-08-2021/olimpiadi-massimo-stano-l-oro-marcia-musulmano-amore-420202582429.shtml |title=Massimo Stano: marciatore per passione, musulmano per amore |work=Gazzetta.it |language=it}}

In 2021 he won the gold medal in 20 km race walk at the 2020 Summer Olympics. In 2022 he won the 35 km race walk event 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene.{{Cite web |url=https://www.ansa.it/english/news/2022/07/25/athletics-walker-stano-adds-world-title-to-olympic-crown_0b5b6051-c595-4217-b2a6-832a8e97147c.html |title=Athletics: Walker Stano adds world title to Olympic crown - TopNews - Ansa.it |date=25 July 2022 |website=Agenzia ANSA |language=en |access-date=25 August 2024}} In 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris he finished 4th at the 20 km walk event, and 6th at the Marathon race walk mixed relay event with Antonella Palmisano.

National records

20 km walk: 1:17:45 ({{flagicon|ESP}} A Coruña, 8 June 2019) - Current holder.{{cite web |url=http://www.fidal.it/content/Stano-primatista-italiano-dei-20-km-di-marcia/122018 |title=Stano primatista italiano dei 20 km di marcia |website=fidal.it |language=it |date=12 June 2019 |accessdate=15 June 2019 |quote=Annullati tutti risultati conseguiti da Alex Schwazer a far data dal 18 marzo 2012. L’1h17:45 ottenuto dall'azzurro delle Fiamme Oro sabato scorso a La Coruna è record nazionale assoluto}}

National titles

Italian Athletics Championships
10 km walk: 2018
20 km walk: 2015, 2018,{{cite web |url=http://www.fidal.it/content/Marcia-Stano-e-Trapletti-campioni-della-20km/112654 |title=Marcia: Stano e Trapletti campioni della 20km |website=fidal.it |language=it |date=4 March 2018 |accessdate=2 September 2018}} 2022

Personal life

In 2016 Stano married Moroccan athlete Fatima Lotfi. They have a daughter, Sophie, and live together in Rome.{{Cite web |url=https://www.ilriformista.it/chi-e-fatima-lotfi-la-moglie-e-collega-di-massimo-stano-medaglia-doro-nella-marcia-20-km-239799/amp/ |title=Chi è Fatima Lotfi, la moglie e collega di Massimo Stano: Medaglia d'oro nella marcia 20 km |website=ilriformista.it |language=it |date=5 August 2021}}

References

External links

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[https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/massimo-stano_1568473 Massimo Stano] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
[https://parigi2024.coni.it/it/italia-team/gli-azzurri/scheda_atleta/77:MASSIMO_STANO.html Massimo Stano – CONI – Paris 2024] {{in lang|it}}

Category:Italian male race walkers

Category:Living people

Category:Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Bari

Category:1992 births

Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy

Category:Athletics competitors of Fiamme Oro

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Category:Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)

Category:Olympic gold medalists for Italy

Category:Italian Muslims

Category:Olympic athletes for Italy