Marco Vaccari

Marco Vaccari (born 17 July 1966 in Milan) is a retired Italian sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.

Marco Vaccari

Personal information
National team	Italy
Born	17 July 1966 (1966-07-17) (age 58) Milan, Italy
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	400 metres
Club	G.S. Fiamme Azzurre
Achievements and titles
Personal best	400 m: 45.47 (1992)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Indoor Championships 0 0 1 Mediterranean Games 1 1 0 European Cup 0 1 2 Military World Games 0 0 1 Total 1 2 4 World Indoor Championships 1991 Seville 4x400 m relay Mediterranean Games 1991 Athens 4x400 m relay 1997 Bari 400 m Military World Games 1995 Rome 4x400 m relay European Cup 1995 Villeneuve d'Ascq 4x400 m relay 1997 Munich 4x400 m relay 1991 Frankfurt 4x400 m relay

Career

Vaccari won seven medals in international athletics competitions, six of these with national relays team.^[1] His personal best time is 45.47 seconds, achieved in June 1992 in Bologna.^[2] He participated at two editions of the Summer Olympics (1992 and 1996), he earned 36 caps with the national team from 1989 to 1999.^[3]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Italy
1991	World Indoor Championships	Seville, Spain	3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:05.51
	Mediterranean Games	Athens, Greece	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.20
1992	European Indoor Championships	Genoa, Italy	5th	400 m	47.18
	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.18
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	12th (sf)	400m	46.57
			4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.46
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	7th	4 × 400 m relay	3:01.52
	Mediterranean Games	Bari, Italy	2nd	400 m	45.74
1998	World Cup	Johannesburg, South Africa	6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.95

National titles

He has won six individual national championship titles.^[4][5]

• 400 metres: 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999
• 200 metres indoor: 1996
• 400 metres indoor: 1997

See also

• Italian all-time lists - 400 metres
• Italy national relay team

References

1. "PODIO INTERNAZIONALE DAL 1908 AL 2008 - UOMINI" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
2. Italian all-time list, men's 400 metres (last updated for year 2000)
3. Annuario dell'Atletica 2009. FIDAL. 2009.
4. ""CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" ITALIANI SUL PODIO TRICOLORE – 1906 2012" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
5. "ITALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com. Retrieved 23 December 2012.

External links

• Marco Vaccari at World Athletics
• Marco Vaccari at Olympedia