Simone Collio

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Simone Collio

| honorific_suffix = OLY

| nickname =

| image = Collio de gregorio.jpg

| imagesize = 240

| caption = Simone Collio (left) with Emanuele Di Gregorio at Barcelona 2010

| nationality = Italian

| sport = Athletics

| event = Sprint

| club = G.S. Fiamme Gialle

| coach =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1979|12|27}}

| birth_place = Cernusco sul Naviglio, Italy

| residence =

| retired = 2015

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = {{height|m=1.80}}

| weight = {{convert|74|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| pb = 100 m: 10.06 (2009)

| country = {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy

| medaltemplates = {{MedalCount|total=yes

| European Championships | 0 | 1 | 0

| European Team Championships | 3 | 1 | 2

| European Indoor Cup | 0 | 1 | 0

| Mediterranean Games | 2 | 0 | 0

}}

Simone Collio (born 27 December 1979 in Cernusco sul Naviglio) is an Italian sprinter who specializes in the 60 and 100 metres.{{cite web |url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/9/207889.shtml |title=Athlete Biography: COLLIO Simone |website=Beijing2008.cn |publisher=The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908192411/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/9/207889.shtml |archive-date=8 September 2008 |access-date=26 August 2008}} His personal best times are 6.55 seconds in the 60 metres (indoor) and 10.06 seconds in the 100 metres, the third all-time best performance in the Italian ranking of 100 meters, after the 10.01 at altitude of Pietro Mennea and 9.99 of Filippo Tortu.

Biography

Participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he achieved fourth place in his 100 metres heat, thus securing qualification to the second round. He then achieved sixth place in his second round heat, thus failing to secure qualification to the semi-finals. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing he competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed 3rd in his heat behind Richard Thompson and Martial Mbandjock in a time of 10.32 seconds. He qualified for the second round, in which he failed to qualify for the semi-finals as his time of 10.33 was the 7th time in his race, causing elimination. Together with Fabio Cerutti, Emanuele di Gregorio and Jacques Riparelli he also competed at the 4 × 100 metres relay. In their qualification heat, they were disqualified and eliminated for the further competition.

Personal life

He was engaged to the Bulgarian sprinter Ivet Lalova, whom he met in Sofia. They married in September 2013.{{Cite web |url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2010/08/03/uomo-piu-veloce-di-milano-il.html |title=L' uomo più veloce di Milano 'Il mio segreto è donna' - la Repubblica.it}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.rietilife.it/?p=553 |title=Collio - Lalova |date=28 August 2010}}

Personal bests

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!Event

!Time (seconds)

!Venue

!Date

50 metres

|5.75

|Liévin, France

|10 February 2009

60 metres

|6.55

|Valencia, Spain

|9 February 2008

100 metres

|10.06

|Rieti, Italy

|22 July 2009

200 metres

|20.84

|Sofia

|11 June 2009

All information taken from IAAF profile.[http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/letter=0/athcode=181238/index.html Biography Collio, Simone]. IAAF. Retrieved on 8 May 2009.

Achievements

{{AchievementTable\|Event=yes}}
colspan="6"\|Representing {{ITA}}
rowspan=2\|2001 \|rowspan=2\|European U23 Championships \|rowspan=2\|Amsterdam, Netherlands \|5th \|100 m \|10.48 w (wind: 2.2 m/s)
— \|4 × 100 m relay \|DNF
rowspan=2\|2003 \|World Indoor Championships \|Birmingham, United Kingdom \|19th (sf) \|60 m \|6.71
World Championships \|Paris, France \|13th (sf) \|4 × 100 m relay \|38.93
rowspan=3\|2004 \|World Indoor Championships \|Budapest, Hungary \|7th \|60 m \|6.60
rowspan=2\|Olympic Games \|rowspan=2\|Athens, Greece \|29th (qf) \|100 m \|10.29
11th (h) \|4 × 100 m relay \|38.79
rowspan=3\|2005 \|European Indoor Championships \|Madrid, Spain \|5th \|60 m \|6.66
rowspan=2\|World Championships \|rowspan=2\|Helsinki, Finland \|29th (qf) \|100 m \|10.60
– \|4 × 100 m relay \|DQ
rowspan=2\|2007 \|rowspan=2\|World Championships \|rowspan=2\|Osaka, Japan \|19th (qf) \|100 m \|10.31
10th (h) \|4 × 100 m relay \|38.81
rowspan=3\|2008 \|World Indoor Championships \|Valencia, Spain \|20th (sf) \|60 m \|6.74
rowspan=2\|Olympic Games \|rowspan=2\|Beijing, China \|30th (qf) \|100 m \|10.33
– \|4 × 100 m relay \|DQ
rowspan=4\|2009 \|European Indoor Championships \|Turin, Italy \|17th (h) \|60 m \|6.72
Mediterranean Games \|Pescara, Italy \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|4 × 100 m relay \|38.82
rowspan=2\|World Championships \|rowspan=2\|Berlin, Germany \|48th (h) \|100 m \|10.49
6th \|4 × 100 m relay \|38.54
rowspan=2\|2010 \|rowspan=2\|European Championships \|rowspan=2\|Barcelona, Spain \|8th \|100 m \|DNF
bgcolor=silver\|2nd \|4 × 100 m relay \|38.17 (NR)
2011 \|World Championships \|Daegu, South Korea \|5th \|4 × 100 m relay \|38.96
Rowspan=3\|2012 \|World Indoor Championships \|Istanbul, Turkey \|10th (sf) \|60 m \|6.71
European Championships \|Helsinki, Finland \|— \|100 m \|DSQ
Olympic Games \| London. United Kingdom \| {{tooltip\|Heat\|Eliminated in heats}} \| 4 × 100 metres relay \| 38.58 20px
2013 \|Mediterranean Games \|Mersin, Turkey \|bgcolor=gold\|1st \|4 × 100 m relay \|39.06

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

rowspan=2|2001

|rowspan=2|European U23 Championships

|rowspan=2|Amsterdam, Netherlands

|5th

|100 m

|10.48 w (wind: 2.2 m/s)

—

|4 × 100 m relay

|DNF

rowspan=2|2003

|World Indoor Championships

|Birmingham, United Kingdom

|19th (sf)

|60 m

|6.71

World Championships

|Paris, France

|13th (sf)

|4 × 100 m relay

|38.93

rowspan=3|2004

|World Indoor Championships

|Budapest, Hungary

|7th

|60 m

|6.60

rowspan=2|Olympic Games

|rowspan=2|Athens, Greece

|29th (qf)

|100 m

|10.29

11th (h)

|4 × 100 m relay

|38.79

rowspan=3|2005

|European Indoor Championships

|Madrid, Spain

|5th

|60 m

|6.66

rowspan=2|World Championships

|rowspan=2|Helsinki, Finland

|29th (qf)

|100 m

|10.60

–

|4 × 100 m relay

|DQ

rowspan=2|2007

|rowspan=2|World Championships

|rowspan=2|Osaka, Japan

|19th (qf)

|100 m

|10.31

10th (h)

|4 × 100 m relay

|38.81

rowspan=3|2008

|World Indoor Championships

|Valencia, Spain

|20th (sf)

|60 m

|6.74

rowspan=2|Olympic Games

|rowspan=2|Beijing, China

|30th (qf)

|100 m

|10.33

–

|4 × 100 m relay

|DQ

rowspan=4|2009

|European Indoor Championships

|Turin, Italy

|17th (h)

|60 m

|6.72

Mediterranean Games

|Pescara, Italy

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|4 × 100 m relay

|38.82

rowspan=2|World Championships

|rowspan=2|Berlin, Germany

|48th (h)

|100 m

|10.49

6th

|4 × 100 m relay

|38.54

rowspan=2|2010

|rowspan=2|European Championships

|rowspan=2|Barcelona, Spain

|8th

|100 m

|DNF

bgcolor=silver|2nd

|4 × 100 m relay

|38.17 (NR)

2011

|World Championships

|Daegu, South Korea

|5th

|4 × 100 m relay

|38.96

Rowspan=3|2012

|World Indoor Championships

|Istanbul, Turkey

|10th (sf)

|60 m

|6.71

European Championships

|Helsinki, Finland

|—

|100 m

|DSQ

Olympic Games

| London. United Kingdom

| {{tooltip|Heat|Eliminated in heats}}

| 4 × 100 metres relay

| 38.58 20px

2013

|Mediterranean Games

|Mersin, Turkey

|bgcolor=gold|1st

|4 × 100 m relay

|39.06

National titles

He won 7 national championships at individual senior level.{{cite web |url=http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI-UOMINIi.pdf |title=CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO DAL 1906 AL 2011 - UOMINI |publisher=sportolimpico.it |access-date=29 February 2020}}{{cite web |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/itai.htm |title=ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS |publisher=gbrathletics.com |access-date=29 February 2020}}