Vincenzo Modica
Personal information
NicknameMassimo
NationalityItalian
Born (1971-03-02) March 2, 1971
Mistretta, Italy
Height1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
CountryItaly Italy
SportAthletics
EventMarathon
ClubG.S. Fiamme Oro
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Half marathon: 1:01:03 (1993)
  • Marathon: 2:11:39 (1996)
Medal record
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1999 Sevilla Marathon
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Budapest Marathon
European Marathon Cup
Gold medal – first place1998 BudapestTeam
Bronze medal – third place1998 BudapestIndividual[1]
World Half Marathon Championships
Bronze medal – third place2001 Montbéliard-BelfortTeam
European 10,000m Cup
Silver medal – second place1997 BarakaldoTeam

Vincenzo Massimo Modica (born 2 March 1971 in Mistretta) is an Italian long-distance runner who competed in the marathon.

He was the bronze medallist in that event at the 1998 European Athletics Championships then took the silver medal behind Abel Antón at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics.

Biography

He was a six-time participant at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships and was twice in the top twenty of the junior race. He represented Italy in the marathon at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, but failed to finish the race.

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Italy
1990 World Junior Championships Plovdiv, Bulgaria 7th 10,000m 29:09.06
1994 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 11th 10,000 m 28:17.24
1997 World Championships Athens, Greece — Marathon DNF
1998 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 3rd Marathon 2:12:53
1999 World Championships Seville, Spain 2nd Marathon 2:14:03
2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia — Marathon DNF

National titles

Vincenzo Modica has won 8 times the individual national championship.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ The ranking coincided with the ranking of the 1998 European Championships marathon race.
  2. ↑ ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
  3. ↑ "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
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