Alessandro Di Lello
.jpg) Di Lello at the 2014 London Marathon | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Alessandro Di Lello | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Italian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 July 1977 Tivoli, Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Country | Italy | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | T46 Marathon | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Athletic Terni | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Paralympic finals | 2012 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Alessandro Di Lello (born 18 July 1977) is a Paralympic athlete from Italy competing mainly in category T46 long distance events.[1] In 2012 Di Lello won the marathon at the IPC World Championships and followed this with victory in the T46 classification at the 2013 London Marathon.
Sports career[edit]
Di Lello first began running in an attempt to lose weight, and in 1992 he started competing in long distance races.[1] A motor bike accident resulted in a muscle impairment and Di Lello was subsequently classified as a T46 parasport athlete.[1] One of the first major competitions he entered was the 2009 New York Marathon, but he was forced to retire from the event with an Achilles tendon inflammation.[1][2] In 2012 he competed alongside fellow countryman Walter Endrizzi in the Summer Paralympics in London. Di Lello finished 8th with a time of 2.46:27.[1]
The next year Di Lello competed in T46 marathon at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon. Di Lello ran a time of 2:33.42 to take the gold ahead of Portugal's Pedro Meza.[1] 2013 also saw Di Lello win the T44-46 category in the London Marathon with a time of 2:32.06.[3]
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f "Di Lello, Alessandro". ipc.infostradasports.com. Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
- ^ "Paralimpiadi Londra 2012, un tiburtino a caccia di medaglia. Alessandro Di Lello domenica prossima corre nella maratona" (in Italian). www.lavocedelnordestromano.it. 3 September 2012. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
- ^ Rowbottom, Mike (21 April 2013). "Whitehead enjoys London Marathon chance in first IPC World Cup race". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
External links[edit]
- Alessandro Di Lello at the International Paralympic Committee
- Alessandro Di Lello at IPC.InfostradaSports.com (archived)