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Donato Sabia

Donato Sabia (11 September 1963 – 7 April 2020) was an Italian middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres.

Donato Sabia
Personal information
National teamItaly: 17 caps (1982-1988)[1]
Born(1963-09-11)11 September 1963
Potenza, Italy
Died7 April 2020(2020-04-07) (aged 56)
Potenza, Italy
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)400 metres
800 metres
ClubPro Patria Milano
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • 400 m: 45.73 (1984)
  • 800 m: 1:43.88 (1984)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
European Indoor Championships 1 0 0
Mediterranean Games 0 1 0

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
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]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Italy Team Guide" (PDF) (in Italian). fidal.it. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  2. ^ "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - UOMINI" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  3. ^ Italian all-time list, men's 800 metres (last updated for year 2000)
  4. ^ Italian all-time list, men's 400 metres (last updated for year 2000)
  5. ^ "Coronavirus, morto Donato Sabia: fu due volte finalista alle Olimpiadi". Corriere Della Sera. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  6. ^ . athleticsdb.com. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  7. ^ He ran in a better crono (1:44.90) in semi-finals.
  8. ^ (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  9. ^ "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 1 January 2013.

External links

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