Marco De Luca

Marco De Luca
	De Luca in 2015
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	May 12, 1981 (age 43); Rome
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Athletics
Event	50km Race Walk
Club	G.S. Fiamme Gialle
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	20 km: 1:22:01 (2016); 50 km: 3:44:47 (2016);
Medal record
World Race Walking Cup
European Race Walking Team Championships

Marco De Luca (born 12 May 1981 in Rome) is an Italian race walker. His best results at International level are 7th place^[1] at 2009 World Championships and 6th^[2] at 2006 European Championships and 2010 European Championships.

But the most prestigious achievement of his career was achieved in 2016, at age 35, when he finished fourth at the World Race Walking Team Championships, but was awarded the bronze medal following the disqualification for doping of the teammate Alex Schwazer, who had won the gold medal.^[3]

He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in 50 km walk.^[4]

Biography

Marco De Luca won three times the individual national championship.^[5]^[6] At London 2017 for him it is the seventh consecutive participation in the World Championships. He also participated at three editions of the Summer Olympics from 2008 to 201 and four consecutive editions (2006, 2010, 2014, 2018) of European Championships (in the editions of the European Championships of the Olympic years, 2012 and 2016, the race walk was not part of the program).

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
2005	European Race Walking Cup	Miskolc, Hungary	13th	50 km	3:55:30
	European Race Walking Cup	Miskolc, Hungary	3rd	50 km team	30 pts
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	13th	50 km	3:58:32
2006	World Race Walking Cup	A Coruña, Spain	9th	50 km	3:49:43 PB
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	6th^[2]	50 km	3:48:08
2007	European Race Walking Cup	Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom	8th	50 km	3:47:04
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	—	50 km	DNF
2008	World Race Walking Cup	Cheboksary, Russia	8th	50 km	3:49:21
	World Race Walking Cup	Cheboksary, Russia	1st	50 km team	128 pts
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	19th	50 km	3:54:47
2009	European Race Walking Cup	Metz, France	8th	50 km	3:54:35
	European Race Walking Cup	Metz, France	3rd	50 km team	38 pts
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	7th^[1]	50 km	3:46:31
2010	World Race Walking Cup	Chihuahua, Mexico	14th	50 km	4:00:45
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	6th	50 km	3:48:36
2011	European Race Walking Cup	Olhão, Portugal	2nd	50 km	3:50:13
	European Race Walking Cup	Olhão, Portugal	1st	50 km team	16 pts
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	12th	50 km	3:49:40
2012	World Race Walking Cup	Saransk, Russia	8th	50 km	3:49:50
2012	Olympic Games	London, Great Britain	17th	50 km	3:47:19
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	15th	50 km	3:48:05
2014	World Race Walking Cup	Taicang, China	51st	20 km	1:23:34
2014	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	7th	50 km	3:45:25
2015	European Race Walking Cup	Murcia, Spain	3rd	50 km	3:46:21
	European Race Walking Cup	Murcia, Spain	2nd	50 km team	23 pts
	World Championships	Beijing, China	16th	50 km	3:53:02
2016	World Race Walking Cup	Rome, Italy	3rd	50 km	3:44:47
	World Race Walking Cup	Rome, Italy	1st	50 km team	10 pts
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	21st	50 km	3:54:40
2017	World Championships	London, England	9th	50 km	3:45:02 SB

National titles

Italian Athletics Championships
- 20 km walk: road: 2011
- 50 km walk: road: 2006, 2009

References

^ ^a ^b He was 8th, but became 7th after a disqaulification of an athlete for doping causes.
^ ^a ^b He was 7th, but became 6th after a disqaulification of an athlete for doping causes.
^ "Doping walker Alex Schwazer handed eight-year ban for second offence". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 2 August 2017. Schwazer returned to competition this year, winning the IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships in Rome in May where he won the 50km event ahead of Australia's 2012 Olympic champion Jared Tallent, who will now be awarded gold with Ukrainian Ihor Hlavan being upgraded to silver and fellow Italian Marco de Luca handed bronze.
^ "Athletics de LUCA Marco". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-10-14. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
^ ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
^ "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 31 December 2012.

External links

Marco De Luca at World Athletics
Marco De Luca at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
Marco De Luca at Olympics.com
Marco De Luca at Olympedia
Marco De Luca at the Italian National Olympic Committee (in Italian)

[DOPING2009-1] He was 8th, but became 7th after a disqaulification of an athlete for doping causes.

[DOPING2006-2] He was 7th, but became 6th after a disqaulification of an athlete for doping causes.

[3] "Doping walker Alex Schwazer handed eight-year ban for second offence". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 2 August 2017. Schwazer returned to competition this year, winning the IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships in Rome in May where he won the 50km event ahead of Australia's 2012 Olympic champion Jared Tallent, who will now be awarded gold with Ukrainian Ihor Hlavan being upgraded to silver and fellow Italian Marco de Luca handed bronze.

[4] "Athletics de LUCA Marco". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-10-14. Retrieved 2021-09-19.

[5] ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2012.

[6] "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 31 December 2012.

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