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National team | Italy: 17 caps (1982-1988)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Potenza, Italy | 11 September 1963|||||||||||||||||
Died | 7 April 2020 Potenza, Italy | (aged 56)|||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 400 metres 800 metres | |||||||||||||||||
Club | Pro Patria Milano | |||||||||||||||||
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Donato Sabia (11 September 1963 – 7 April 2020) was an Italian middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres.
Biography
Donato Sabia was born in Potenza and won two medals, at senior level, at the International athletics competitions, one of these with national relay team.[2] He participated at two editions of the Summer Olympics (1984, 1988), reaching, in both cases, the Olympic 800 metres final; he had 17 caps in national team from 1982 to 1988.
His personal best time was 1:43.88 minutes, achieved in June 1984 in Florence.[3] In the 400 metres he had 45.73 seconds, achieved in June 1984 in Milan.[4]
Donato Sabia died on 7 April 2020, in San Carlo Hospital, in Potenza, from COVID-19, having on 31 March 2020 also lost his father to the same disease.[5] He was 56.
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Result | Event | time | Notes |
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1983 | Mediterranean Games | Casablanca, Morocco | 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:04.54 | |
World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 5th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:05.10 | ||
1984 | European Indoor Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 1st | 800 m | 1:48.05 | [6] |
Olympic Games | Los Angeles, United States | 5th | 800 m | 1:44.53 | ||
1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 7th | 800 m | 1:48.03 | [7] |
National titles
Sabia won six individual national championships.[8][9]
- 1 win in the 400 metres (1984)
- 3 wins in the 800 metres (1983, 1984, 1988)
- 2 wins in the 400 metres indoor (1983, 1988)
See also
References
- ^ "Italy Team Guide" (PDF) (in Italian). fidal.it. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
- ^ "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - UOMINI" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ^ Italian all-time list, men's 800 metres (last updated for year 2000)
- ^ Italian all-time list, men's 400 metres (last updated for year 2000)
- ^ "Coronavirus, morto Donato Sabia: fu due volte finalista alle Olimpiadi". Corriere Della Sera. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ "15th indoor european athletics championships 1984 Gothenburg Sweden". athleticsdb.com. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ^ He ran in a better crono (1:44.90) in semi-finals.
- ^ ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ^ "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 1 January 2013.