Vincenzo Massimo Modica (born 2 March 1971) 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 Representing 1990World Junior ChampionshipsPlovdiv, Bulgaria7th10,000m29:09.061994European Championships Helsinki, Finland11th10,000 m28:17.241997World Championships Athens, Greece—MarathonDNF1998European Championships Budapest, Hungary 3rdMarathon2:12:531999World Championships Seville, Spain 2ndMarathon2:14:032000Olympic Games Sydney, Australia—MarathonDNF
National titles Vincenzo Modica has won 8 times the individual national championship. 2 wins in 10000 metres (1991, 1999) 3 wins in Half marathon (1992, 1993, 1994) 1 win in Marathon (2005) 2 wins in Cross country running (1993, 1997)
See also Italian all-time lists - half marathon
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