Andrea Barberi
 Barberi (center with glasses) in 2010 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| National team | Italy |
| Born | 15 January 1979 Tivoli, Lazio, Italy |
| Died | December 2023 (aged 44) Tivoli, Lazio, Italy |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | 400 metres |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best |
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Andrea Barberi (15 January 1979 – December 2023) was an Italian sprint athlete who specialized in the 400 metres.
Biography[edit]
Barberi finished fifth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and at the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships. He also reached the semi-finals of the 2005 World Athletics Championships. At the 2006 IAAF World Cup, he finished fifth in 4 x 400 metres relay with the European team.
On 27 August 2006 in Rieti, he ran in 45.19 seconds, breaking the Italian outdoor record which had stood since 1981.
The Italian Athletics Federation announced Barberi's death on 20 December 2023. He was 44.[1]
National titles[edit]
Barberi won at the individual Italian Athletics Championships nine times:[2]
- 400 metres (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008[a]
- 400 metres indoor (2004)
See also[edit]
Footnotes[edit]
- ^ ex aequo with Luca Galletti
References[edit]
- ^ "Atletica in lutto, addio Andrea Barberi". www.fidal.it. Italian Athletics Federation. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
External links[edit]
- Andrea Barberi at World Athletics
- Andrea Barberi at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
