Simone Collio (born 27 December 1979 in Cernusco sul Naviglio) is an Italian sprinter who specializes in the 60 and 100 metres. His personal best times are 6.55 seconds in the 60 metres (indoor) and 10.06 seconds in the 100 metres, the third all-time best performance in the Italian ranking of 100 meters, after the 10.01 at altitude of Pietro Mennea and 9.99 of Filippo Tortu.
Biography Participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he achieved fourth place in his 100 metres heat, thus securing qualification to the second round. He then achieved sixth place in his second round heat, thus failing to secure qualification to the semi-finals. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing he competed at the 100 metres sprint and placed 3rd in his heat behind Richard Thompson and Martial Mbandjock in a time of 10.32 seconds. He qualified for the second round, in which he failed to qualify for the semi-finals as his time of 10.33 was the 7th time in his race, causing elimination. Together with Fabio Cerutti, Emanuele di Gregorio and Jacques Riparelli he also competed at the 4 × 100 metres relay. In their qualification heat, they were disqualified and eliminated for the further competition.
Personal life He was engaged to the Bulgarian sprinter Ivet Lalova, whom he met in Sofia. They married in September 2013.
Personal bests EventTime (seconds)VenueDate50 metres5.75Liévin, France10 February 200960 metres6.55Valencia, Spain9 February 2008100 metres10.06Rieti, Italy22 July 2009200 metres20.84Sofia11 June 2009 All information taken from IAAF profile.Biography Collio, Simone. IAAF. Retrieved on 8 May 2009.
Achievements Representing 2001European U23 ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands5th100 m10.48 w (wind: 2.2 m/s) —4 × 100 m relayDNF2003World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom19th (sf)60 m6.71World ChampionshipsParis, France13th (sf)4 × 100 m relay38.932004World Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary7th60 m6.60Olympic GamesAthens, Greece29th (qf)100 m10.2911th (h)4 × 100 m relay38.792005European Indoor ChampionshipsMadrid, Spain5th60 m6.66World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland29th (qf)100 m10.60 –4 × 100 m relayDQ2007World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan19th (qf)100 m10.3110th (h)4 × 100 m relay38.812008World Indoor ChampionshipsValencia, Spain20th (sf)60 m6.74Olympic GamesBeijing, China30th (qf)100 m10.33 –4 × 100 m relayDQ2009European Indoor ChampionshipsTurin, Italy17th (h)60 m6.72Mediterranean GamesPescara, Italy1st4 × 100 m relay38.82World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany48th (h)100 m10.496th4 × 100 m relay38.542010European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain8th100 mDNF2nd4 × 100 m relay38.17 (NR)2011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea5th4 × 100 m relay38.962012World Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey10th (sf)60 m6.71European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland—100 mDSQ Olympic Games London. United Kingdom 4 × 100 metres relay 38.58 2013Mediterranean GamesMersin, Turkey1st4 × 100 m relay39.06
National titles He won 7 national championships at individual senior level. Italian Athletics Championships 100 metres: 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010 Italian Indoor Athletics Championships 60 metres: 2004, 2005, 2009
See also Italian all-time lists - 100 metres Italy national relay team
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