Stefano Tilli
{{Short description|Italian sprinter (born 1962)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
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| image = Stefano Tilli.jpg
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| caption = Tilli in 1984
| national_team = Italy
| sport = Athletics
| event = Sprint
| coach = Fabrizio Lepore
| club = Snam Gas Metano
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|22 August 1962}}
| birth_place = Orvieto, Italy
| retired = 2000
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| height = 1.75 m
| weight = 78 kg
| pb =
- 100 m: 10.16 (1984)
- 200 m: 20.40 (1984)
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| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCount|total=yes
|World Championships |0|1|0
|European Championships |0|0|1
|{{nowrap|European Indoor Championships}} |2|0|0
|Mediterranean Games |5|0|1
|European Cup |1|2|4
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{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|1983 Helsinki|4 × 100 m relay}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|1990 Split|4 × 100 m relay}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Indoor Championships}}
{{MedalGold|1983 Budapest|60 metres}}
{{MedalGold|1985 Athens|200 metres}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Cup}}
{{MedalGold|1983 London|4 × 100 m relay}}
{{MedalSilver|1989 Gateshead|4 × 100 m relay}}
{{MedalSilver|1991 Paris|100 metres}}
{{MedalBronze|1985 Moscow|4 × 100 m relay}}
{{MedalBronze|1989 Gateshead|4 × 100 m relay}}
{{MedalBronze|1991 Frankfurt|200 metres}}
{{MedalBronze|1991 Frankfurt|4 × 100 m relay}}
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Stefano Tilli (born 22 August 1962) is a former Italian sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 m, twice European indoor champion, three-time semi-finalist at the Olympic Games, and was the world record holder in the 200 m indoor.{{cite web|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/_/14201574|title=Stefano tilli - Profile|publisher=worldathletics.org|access-date=24 August 2021}}
Biography
Tilli was born in Orvieto, Umbria. In his career he won 17 medals at the International athletics competitions, eight of these with national relays team.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportolimpico.it/dmdocuments/MEDAGLIE_U_1908_2008.pdf|title=PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - UOMINI|publisher=sportolimpico.it|access-date=26 January 2013}} He also won 14 national championships, from 1984 to 2000, and he has 51 caps in national team, from 1983 to 2000.{{cite book|title=Annuario dell'Atletica 2009|year=2009|publisher=FIDAL}} His personal best in the 100 m is 10.16 seconds, which he ran in August 1984 in Zurich.[http://digilander.libero.it/atleticaleggera/ALL-TIME/2.htm Italian all-time list, men's 100 metres (last updated for year 2000)] His personal best in the 200 m is 20.40 seconds, achieved in September 1984 in Cagliari.[http://digilander.libero.it/atleticaleggera/ALL-TIME/3.htm Italian all-time list, men's 200 metres (last updated for year 2000)]
Stefano Tilli used to be engaged to the Jamaican sprinter Merlene Ottey,{{cite web|url=http://sport.si21.com/atletika/ottey/english/_articles.htm|title=The greatest female sprinter in history|publisher=si21.com|access-date=4 July 2012}} whom he also coached for a period.{{cite web|url=http://www.european-athletics.net/news/latest-news/8-events/european-athletics-indoor-championchips/4693-euro-legends-week-1-stefano-tilli-ita.html|title=Euro Legends: Week 1 - Stefano Tilli (ITA)|publisher=european-athletics.net|access-date=4 July 2012}}
Record
=World record=
- 200 metres indoor: 20.52 ({{flagicon|ITA}} Turin, 21 February 1985) - until 22 February 1987 (Bruno Marie-Rose, France 20.36 in Liévin){{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1454&dat=19870223&id=sgEzAAAAIBAJ&pg=4245,8730517|title=200-meters record set|publisher=Star-News|date=23 February 1987|access-date=4 July 2012}}
=European record=
- 4 × 200 metres relay: 1:21.10 ({{flagicon|ITA}} Cagliari 29 September 1983), Italy (Stefano Tilli, Carlo Simionato, Giovanni Bongiorni, Pietro Mennea) - current holder {{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/recbycat/location=O/recordtype=AR/event=0/age=N/area=EUR/sex=M/records.html|title=Area Outdoor Records - Men - EUROPE|publisher=iaaf.org|access-date=4 July 2012}}
Achievements
| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} | |
| colspan="6"|Representing {{ITA}} | |
|---|---|
| rowspan=4|1983
|European Indoor Championships |bgcolor=gold|1st |60 m | 6.63 |
| rowspan=1|World Championships
|rowspan=1|Helsinki, Finland |bgcolor=silver|2nd | 38.37 20px |
| rowspan=2|Mediterranean Games
|rowspan=2|Casablanca, Morocco |bgcolor="cc9966" align="center" | 3rd |100 m | 10.29 {{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/mg.htm|title=Mediterranean Games|publisher=GBR Athletics|access-date=16 January 2013}} |
| bgcolor=gold|1st
|4 × 100 m relay | 38.76 |
| rowspan=3|1984
|rowspan=3 |Olympic Games |rowspan=3 |Los Angeles, United States |align="center" | 4th | 38.87 |
| {{tooltip|SF|Eliminated in semi-finals}} | 10.55 He ran 10.49 in Quarter-Finals. |
| {{tooltip|SF|Eliminated in semi-finals}} | 20.72 He ran 20.64 in Quarter-Finals. |
| 1985
|European Indoor Championships |bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st |200 m | 20.77 File:Sport records icon CR.svg |
| rowspan=2|1986
|rowspan=2|European Championships |rowspan=2|Stuttgart, West Germany |8th (sf) |200 m |20.74 (wind: 0.0 m/s) | |
| 5th
|4 × 100 m relay | |
| rowspan=4|1987
|rowspan=1|World Championships |rowspan=1|Rome, Italy |{{tooltip|SF|Eliminated in semi-finals}} | 20.86 |
| rowspan=3 |Mediterranean Games
|rowspan=3 |Latakia, Syria |bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st |100 m | 10.41 |
| bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st
|200 m | 20.76 |
| bgcolor=gold|1st
|4 × 100 m relay | 39.67 |
| rowspan=2|1988
|rowspan=2|Olympic Games |rowspan=2|Seoul, South Korea |align="center" | 5th | 38.54 |
| {{tooltip|SF|Eliminated in semi-finals}} | 20.59 |
| rowspan=3|1990
|rowspan=3|European Championships |rowspan=3|Split, Yugoslavia |9th (sf) |100 m |10.40 (wind: -0.2 m/s) | |
| 4th
|200 m |20.66 (wind: 0.0 m/s) | |
| bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd
|4 × 100 m relay | |
| rowspan=3|1991
|rowspan=2|World Championships |rowspan=2|Tokyo, Japan |{{tooltip|QF|Eliminated in quarter-finals}} | 20.92 |
| align="center" | 5th | 38.52 |
| Mediterranean Games
|bgcolor="gold" align="center" | 1st |200 m | 20.73 |
| rowspan=1|1996
|rowspan=1|Olympic Games |rowspan=1|Atlanta, United States |align=center|Heats | 10.38 |
| rowspan=1|1997
|{{tooltip|QF|Eliminated in quarter-finals}} | 10.36 |
| 1998
|align="center" | 4th |100 m | |
| rowspan=1|1999
|{{tooltip|QF|Eliminated in quarter-finals}} | 10.26 |
| rowspan=2|2000
|European Indoor Championships |align=center| 4th |60 m | |
| rowspan=1|Olympic Games
|rowspan=1|Sydney, Australia |{{tooltip|QF|Eliminated in quarter-finals}} | 10.27 |
National titles
Tilli won 14 national championships at individual senior level.{{cite web|url=http://www.sportolimpico.it/attachments/article/224/CAMPIONI%20ITALIANI-NOMI-U.pdf|title=TUTTI I CAMPIONI ITALIANI 1906-2021|publisher=sportolimpico.it|date=1 January 2021|accessdate=24 August 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/itai.htm|title=ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS|publisher=gbrathletics.com|accessdate=24 August 2021}}
- Italian Athletics Championships
- 100 m: 1984, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1997 (6)
- 100 m: 1986, 1988, 1991 (3)
- Italian Athletics Indoor Championships
- 60 m: 1995, 1996, 2000 (3)
- 200 m: 1985, 1987 (2)
See also
References
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