Stefano La Rosa

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Stefano La Rosa

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| image_size= 240 px

| caption= Stefano La Rosa (first) at Zürich 2014

| birth_date= {{Birth date and age|df=y|1985|9|28}}

| birth_place= Grosseto, Italy

| nationality = Italian

| height = {{height|m=1.66}}

| weight = {{convert|55|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| country = {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy

| sport = Athletics

| event= Long-distance running
Marathon

| club= C.S. Carabinieri

| pb=

5000 m: 13:26.86 (2010)
10,000 m: 28:13.62 (2012)

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Stefano La Rosa (born 28 September 1985 in Grosseto) is an Italian long-distance runner. He is a five-time Italian champion (twice over 10,000 metres and three times over 5000 metres).

Biography

Of Sicilian descent, as a junior athlete, he came 52nd at the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. He came 16th over 5000 metres at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics, but managed a 1500 metres/5000 m double at the Italian junior championships. He won a team silver medal in the under-23 section of the 2006 European Cross Country Championships, courtesy of his tenth-place finish. He improved to fifth place in this category at the 2007 European race. Senior success came two years later in the form of a 5000 m silver medal at the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara and a team bronze medal at the 2009 European Cross Country Championships alongside Daniele Meucci.[http://www.fidal.it/atleta/Stefano-La-Rosa/faiRlJKgaWQ%3D Stefano La Rosa]. FIDAL. Retrieved on 2012-01-02.

In his first major senior track final, he came tenth over 5000 m at the 2010 European Athletics Championships. He managed the same position in the 3000 m at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships and secured the bronze medal over 5000 m at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen. He was the first Italian finisher at the 2011 BOClassic 10K race, taking sixth place overall.Sampaolo, Diego (2012-01-01). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/newsid=63257.html Soi and Cheruiyot take thrillers in Bolzano]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-01-02.

Achievements

{{AchievementTable\|Event=yes}}
colspan="6"\|Representing {{ITA}}
2004 \|World Junior Championships \|Grosseto, Italy \|16th \|5000 m \|14:20.51
rowspan=2\|2007 \|rowspan=2\|European U23 Championships \|rowspan=2\|Debrecen, Hungary \|6th \|1500m \|3:46.37
10th \|5000m \|13:59.35
2009 \|Mediterranean Games \|Pescara, Italy \|bgcolor="silver"\|2nd \|5000 m \|14:04.44
2010 \|European Championships \|Barcelona, Spain \|10th \|5000 m \|13:46.58
rowspan=2\|2011 \|European Indoor Championships \|Paris, France \|10th \|3000 m \|8:04.12
Universiade \|Shenzhen, China \|bgcolor="cc9966" \| 3rd \|5000 m \|14:02.95
2012 \|European Championships \|Helsinki, Finland \|11th \|5000 m \|13:41.99
rowspan=2\|2013 \|Mediterranean Games \|Mersin, Turkey \| – \|5000 m \|DNF
Universiade \|Kazan, Russia \|4th \|5000 m \|13:40.42
2014 \|European Championships \|Zürich, Switzerland \|8th \|10,000 m \|28:49.99
2016 \|European Championships \|Amsterdam, Netherlands \|13th \|Half marathon \|1:04:15

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

2004

|World Junior Championships

|Grosseto, Italy

|16th

|5000 m

|14:20.51

rowspan=2|2007

|rowspan=2|European U23 Championships

|rowspan=2|Debrecen, Hungary

|6th

|1500m

|3:46.37

10th

|5000m

|13:59.35

2009

|Mediterranean Games

|Pescara, Italy

|bgcolor="silver"|2nd

|5000 m

|14:04.44

2010

|European Championships

|Barcelona, Spain

|10th

|5000 m

|13:46.58

rowspan=2|2011

|European Indoor Championships

|Paris, France

|10th

|3000 m

|8:04.12

Universiade

|Shenzhen, China

|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

|5000 m

|14:02.95

2012

|European Championships

|Helsinki, Finland

|11th

|5000 m

|13:41.99

rowspan=2|2013

|Mediterranean Games

|Mersin, Turkey

| –

|5000 m

|DNF

Universiade

|Kazan, Russia

|4th

|5000 m

|13:40.42

2014

|European Championships

|Zürich, Switzerland

|8th

|10,000 m

|28:49.99

2016

|European Championships

|Amsterdam, Netherlands

|13th

|Half marathon

|1:04:15

National titles

He has won 9 times the individual national championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI_UOMINI.pdf|title="CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012|publisher=sportolimpico.it|access-date=28 July 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224064654/http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI_UOMINI.pdf|archive-date=24 December 2012}}